# Frappes vs. Milkshakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183 "2000-09-14T14:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183/61 "2014-07-07T07:54:35Z")
Frappe to me has always meant one of those fancy ice coffee things. I was making milk shakes in mums cafe from the 70’s and it was always milk, topping and a scoop of vanilla ice cream and made in a [milkshake mixer](https://www.google.com.au/search?q=milkshake+mixer&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=41G6U-zYMoSOkwWfxoDgDw&ved=0CEwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=899). ---
**Author:** ![IslandGirl4681](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b38774/32.png) [@IslandGirl4681](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IslandGirl4681)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183/62 "2014-10-13T12:28:25Z")
> [@Capoeirista](#): > > Whoo, resurrecting a thread from the dead. Anyway, 11 years later, here’s an opinion from New Hampshire. > > I’m actually a Philadelphia native myself (hooray for jimmies!), but my mom’s from the Lakes Region in central New Hampshire and we’ve been going back up there frequently for years. Diners up there often have both milkshakes and frappes on the menu, and the difference was explained to me as milkshakes = no ice cream, frappes = with ice cream. Same as coastal Mass, Maine, and Vermont. > > I recently had someone from Colorado tell me that I had it backwards, though. She said milkshakes were made with ice cream and frappes were made with ice. And we call ourselves _united_ states… OKay- we need to stop lumping ALL of New England into this mess. 😉 I live on an island smack-dab on the middle of the Maine coast. I had never even HEARD of a “frappe” until I was more than 25 years old and went to work at an ice cream shop which was owned by a woman from Massachusetts, so let’s first clarify that in fact, people in ALL areas of Maine DO NOT use the term “frappe”. I have always known the frozen concoction of milk+ice cream (plus syrup) to be a MILK SHAKE. Eateries in Southern Maine (which we can also refer to as the Northern Massachusetts Annex) seem to use the term “frappe” occasionally, which i can only assume was brought in by visiting folks from MA, or listed by restaurant owners to amuse the tourists coming from Boston. But I can assure you that at least here in Hancock County, on the cusp between Mid-Coast Maine and Downeast Maine, the default term for ice cream+milk is a MILKSHAKE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183/63 "2014-10-13T15:24:34Z")
Still arguing after 14 years? Cripes, people. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183/64 "2014-10-16T00:09:53Z")
If you order a milkshake and they bring you something without ice cream in it, you should be allowed to sue for emotional distress. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183/65 "2014-10-16T01:36:11Z")
Great. Someone had to resurrect this and remind me that I once made a “My Milkshake” reference. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frappes-vs-milkshakes/33183.md?page=3)