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Cortadito

A Cuban small coffee: sweet espresso cut with steamed milk.

EspressoMilkSugar

Where it came from

Cuba

20th century

Cortadito is Cuba’s milk-cut cousin of café Cubano. It carries the same sweet espresso tradition, softened with just enough steamed milk.

Make it at home

Starting recipe

You'll need

Espresso
36 g
Milk
30–50 g
Sugar
optional
  1. 01

    Build

    Make a sweetened espresso base, then add a small amount of steamed milk.

  2. 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.