Regional
Café con leche
Spanish-style coffee with hot milk, often served at breakfast.
Where it came from
Spain and Cuba
longstanding
The name simply means coffee with milk. Spain made it a breakfast staple, and Cuba developed its own strong, sweet café-con-leche tradition.
Make it at home
Starting recipe
You'll need
- Espresso
- 36 g
- Milk
- 120–150 g
- 01
Build
Pour strong coffee or espresso into a cup and add hot milk in roughly equal spirit.
- 02
Serve
Serve immediately and adjust sweetness or dilution to taste.
At a café
Recipes and café sizes vary. Use this as the clearest starting point, then make it yours.