Tinto

Also café tinto

Colombia's small black coffee, sold from thermoses on the street and sweetened with raw cane sugar.

FilterServed hotFrom Colombia

Volume
120ml4.1 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
48mgderived, USDA FDC
Glass
Serving glass150 ml

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Serving glass, 150 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Black coffee120 ml100%
Volume
120ml
Caffeine
48mg
Espresso
0shots

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

A small cup of black coffee, often from a thermos, sweetened with panela (raw cane sugar).

Caffeine

Derived
48mg

in a 120 ml tinto

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

2
NameCountryHow it differs
cafezinhoBrazilBrazilian equivalent.
pintadoColombiaTinto with a splash of milk.

History

Popular account

Colombia's street and office coffee; Wikidata has an item without data. We have not found a primary source for this account.

Colombia; 'tinted'.

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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