Café Asiático

Also asiático

Cartagena's layered coffee with condensed milk, brandy and Licor 43, served in a purpose-made glass with cinnamon and lemon.

With spiritsServed hotFrom Spain

Volume
92ml3.1 US fl oz
Espresso
1shot
Caffeine
64mgderived, USDA FDC
Coffee to milk
1:0.9

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Serving glass, 150 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Condensed milk30 ml33%
  2. Spirit30 ml33%
  3. Espresso30 ml33%
  4. Cinnamon2 ml2%
Volume
92ml
Caffeine
64mg
Espresso
1shot

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Layered in a special thick waisted glass: condensed milk, spirits, coffee, then spices.

Caffeine

Derived
64mg

in a 92 ml café asiático

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171891 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared) 212.0 mg/100 g x 30 ml.

USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-26

A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.

Variants by country

1
NameCountryHow it differs
barraquitoSpainTenerife equivalent with frothed milk.

History

Popular account

A Cartagena speciality served in its own glass design; no primary source documents the origin.

Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.

Popular account

Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.

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