Cortado

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Cortado
A cortado
Cortado from Catalonia, Spain
TypeHot, Cold
Country of origin Spain
Colorshades of brown, white
Ingredientsespresso, milk

A cortado is a Spanish beverage consisting of espresso mixed with a roughly equal amount of warm milk to reduce the acidity,[1][2] although the exact ratios have considerable regional variation.[3] The milk in a cortado is steamed, but not frothy and "texturized" as in many Italian coffee drinks.[4] The cortado is commonly served all over Spain.[5] The word cortado is the past participle of the Spanish verb cortar (lit. 'to cut'), in the sense of 'dilute', and can refer variously to either coffee or espresso drinks throughout Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries.

  1. ^ Nguyen, Tien (10 February 2011), "Drink This Now: Cognoscenti Coffee's On-the-Menu Cortado", LA Weekly, archived from the original on 13 February 2011, retrieved 29 July 2012
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kanniah, Janice Chinna (2 March 2020). "What Is a Cortado?". Perfect Daily Grind. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ Shilcutt, Katharine (8 August 2013), "What's The Difference Between a Flat White and Cortado?", Houstonia, retrieved 29 January 2017
  5. ^ Hoffmann, James (2018). The World Atlas of Coffee (2 ed.). London: Mitchell Beazley. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-78472-429-0.