Mazagran

Also mazagrã

Cold sweetened coffee with lemon over ice, named after a French-Algerian garrison. Portugal's cafés made it their own.

IcedServed icedFrom Algeria

Volume
235ml7.9 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
48mgderived, USDA FDC
Glass
Highball300 ml

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Highball, 300 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Strong coffee or espresso120 ml51%
  2. Lemon juice20 ml9%
  3. Syrup15 ml6%
  4. Ice80 ml34%
Volume
235ml
Caffeine
48mg
Espresso
0shots

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

Sweetened cold coffee with lemon over ice; the Portuguese version uses espresso, Austrian versions add rum.

Caffeine

Derived
48mg

in a 235 ml mazagran

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 120 ml.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · 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

3
NameCountryHow it differs
mazagranPortugalEspresso, lemon and ice; a Lisbon summer drink.
MazagranAustriaCold coffee with rum and an ice cube.
café del tiempoSpainValencian hot espresso poured over ice with lemon.

History

Popular account

Wikidata records Algeria as country of origin and the town of Mazagran as namesake. The story of French soldiers mixing coffee with water during the 1840 siege is a popular account.

Named after the fortress of Mazagran in French Algeria; now most associated with Portugal.

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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