Drinks · Cortado
Hot milk drinks · espresso base
Cortado
Half espresso, half milk: perfect tension, served in a small glass.
Which coffee
Balanced base — Colombia, Brazil.
E.g. roasters: Terres de Café (FR) · Cafés El Magnífico (ES)
Base
1 espresso
Milk
60 ml
Foam
Very little
Balance
1 coffee · 1 milk
Milk at
60 °C
Difficulty
1/3
Steps
1Pull an espresso.
2Add the same amount of lightly steamed milk (little foam).
3Serve in a small glass.
Tips
- The milk softens without masking: the espresso stays the star.
- Very little foam, unlike a cappuccino.
Variations
Gibraltar — The same, in a Gibraltar glass (US West Coast).
The Coffee-Note take
Spanish in origin, the cortado is the best test of an espresso: too little milk to hide a flaw.