Puerto Rican Café con Leche
Also café con leche puertorriqueño
Puerto Rico's milk coffee: strong local coffee with steamed milk and sugar. Milkier than a Spanish café con leche and usually sweetened by default.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom Puerto Rico
- Volume
- 250ml8.5 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:3.0
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso60 ml24%
- Milk180 ml72%
- Syrup10 ml4%
- Volume
- 250ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
About one part strong coffee to three parts steamed milk, sweetened.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 250 ml puerto rican café con leche
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
2| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| pocillo | Puerto Rico | Small black coffee in a demitasse. |
| café con leche | Spain | Spanish original. |
History
Popular accountPuerto Rico's coffee culture grew from its own highland production; the milk coffee follows Spanish custom. We have not found a primary source for this account.
Puerto Rico.
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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