Cortadito
Cuba's sweetened cortado: café cubano with a splash of steamed or evaporated milk in a small cup.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom Cuba
- Volume
- 60ml2.0 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:1.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso30 ml50%
- Milk30 ml50%
- Volume
- 60ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A café cubano cut with an equal amount of steamed milk.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 60 ml cortadito
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 |
|---|---|---|
| cortado | Spain | Unsweetened Spanish original. |
| Cuban café con leche | Cuba | Much more milk. |
History
Wikidata classes it as a drink and describes it as a traditional Cuban espresso drink.
Cuba and Miami.
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