Spanish Coffee
A flamed coffee cocktail: rum and triple sec set alight in a sugar-rimmed glass, then coffee liqueur, hot coffee and whipped cream.
With spiritsServed hotFrom United States
- Volume
- 215ml7.3 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 56mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:0.3
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Spirit20 ml9%
- Spirit15 ml7%
- Spirit30 ml14%
- Hot coffee120 ml56%
- Cream30 ml14%
- Volume
- 215ml
- Caffeine
- 56mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Rum and triple sec flamed in a sugar-rimmed glass to caramelise it, then coffee liqueur, hot coffee and whipped cream.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 215 ml spanish coffee
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; FDC 175097 (Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee, 53 proof) 26.0 mg/100 g x 30 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29
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
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountNo allowed-source record; its association with a Portland restaurant is a popular account.
Portland, Oregon, United States (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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