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Spanish latte (café con leche)

Name: Spanish latte (café con leche)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 100ml whole cow’s milk (or UHT for that distinctive Spanish taste and mouthfeel); sugar to taste; 100ml strong espresso best made with freshly ground beans

Try making your own Spanish-style coffee. Traditionally, the milk in café con leche is hot and only lightly foamed – but the key to the recipe is a ratio of 1:1 coffee to milk

15 min total 10 min prep 5 min cook 1 74 cal

Ingredients

1 serv.

100ml whole cow’s milk (or UHT for that distinctive Spanish taste and mouthfeel)
sugar to taste
100ml strong espresso best made with freshly ground beans

Instructions

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1 Put the milk and sugar, if using, in a small saucepan and heat until small bubbles appear around the edges. Continue to heat until steaming hot (65–70C on a thermometer) and lightly whisk.
2 Pour the espresso into a cup and pour over the milk.