Spanish Latte
Also café con leche (Gulf style), condensed milk latte
A latte sweetened with condensed milk, a 2010s café-chain creation popular in the Gulf and Southeast Asia despite its name.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom United Arab Emirates
- Volume
- 270ml9.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 2shots
- Caffeine
- 127mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:3.5
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso60 ml22%
- Condensed milk30 ml11%
- Milk180 ml67%
- Volume
- 270ml
- Caffeine
- 127mg
- Espresso
- 2shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
A latte sweetened with condensed milk; served hot or iced.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 270 ml spanish latte
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 |
|---|---|---|
| café bombón | Spain | The Spanish drink it loosely imitates. |
| cà phê sữa | Vietnam | Vietnamese condensed-milk coffee. |
History
Popular accountPopularised by Gulf café chains in the 2010s; not confirmed by a primary source.
A Middle East and Southeast Asia café menu item, not Spanish.
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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