Cortadito

The Cuban Cortadito is a traditional Cuban coffee sort of like a mini Cafe con leche. It’s very popular next to the Cuban Espresso. A Cortadito is made from half Cuban Coffee & half whipped steamed milk. Cortaditos are made in 1-2 oz Espresso cups. It’s like a miniature size Cafe con leche (coffee with milk). 

Ingredients:

1 Cafetera or Moka pot

5 tsp Spanish Espresso 

1 cup of water

5 teaspoons of espresso

   

3 teaspoons of sugar

 

2 oz Evaporated milk 

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1. With a Cafetera or Moka coffee pot, add water to bottom basin. Add coffee to your filter & completely fill it. Press or pat down the coffee with a spoon lightly. Screw in the top part of the Cafetera on. Put Cafetera on the stove to brew coffee. When you see the first drops of coffee come out of the spout remove it from the stove & add it to the sugar. 

2. Once you add the few drops of coffee to the sugar in a tin creamer or a glass measuring cup to make the paste. (3 tsp to 1 Tbsp of sugar).

3. Replace to stove so it completes the brewing process. 

4. Mix the sugar and coffee together very quickly until a paste forms. 

5. Once coffee finish brewing pour all coffee into the tin creamer or measuring cup and stir until a caramel froth appears. Pour coffee half way full in 1-2 shot cups. 

6. Add steamed evaporated milk to each cup. It should be half coffee & half milk. Top each cup of coffee with frothy milk. 

7. Enjoy!