Café Rápido y Sucio
Also quick and dirty
A double espresso poured over cold milk, unmixed and unsteamed. Listed because it appears in drink glossaries; its history is undocumented.
Espresso and milkServed cold
- Volume
- 180ml6.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:2.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Milk120 ml67%
- Espresso60 ml33%
- Volume
- 180ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Hot espresso poured straight into cold milk with no steaming or ice.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 180 ml café rápido y sucio
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 60 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| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| dirty coffee | Japan | Japanese and Korean café drink: espresso layered on chilled milk. |
History
Popular accountNo primary sources documents an origin; the drink is listed for completeness.
Spanish name meaning 'quick and dirty'; circulates in drink lists.
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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