Café del Tiempo
Also café con hielo y limón
Valencia's summer coffee: a sweetened espresso poured by the drinker over a glass of ice with a slice of lemon.
IcedServed icedFrom Spain
- Volume
- 140ml4.7 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Highball200 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso30 ml21%
- Ice100 ml71%
- Slice of lemon10 ml7%
- Volume
- 140ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A hot espresso served with a separate glass of ice and a lemon slice; the drinker pours the coffee over the ice.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 140 ml café del tiempo
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
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| café con hielo | Spain | Without lemon. |
| mazagran | Algeria | Lemon iced coffee of French Algeria. |
History
Wikidata places it in Spain and classes it as a coffee drink. The 'del tiempo' (seasonal) name refers to summer.
Valencia and eastern Spain.
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Cold sweetened coffee with lemon over ice, named after a French-Algerian garrison. Portugal's cafés made it their own.
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