In Portugal the cortado mostly goes by other names. There's a whole ladder of small coffees with milk, each with its own word, and people use all of them. Learn the ladder and you can order the exact drink a cortado fan wants at any counter in Lisbon. Start With the Bica Ask for um café anywhere in Portugal and you'll get an espresso. In Lisbon people call it uma bica. In … [Read more...] about Portuguese Coffee Orders: Bica, Pingado, Garoto and Galão at the Lisbon Counter
Milk Drinks
What Is a Cortado: Espresso and Warm Milk in Roughly Equal Parts
A cortado is a shot of espresso cut with about the same amount of warm milk. That's the drink. It comes in a small glass or cup, usually around 4 ounces (120 ml or so), and it tastes of coffee first and milk second. The name is Spanish. Cortar means to cut, and cortado means cut: the milk cuts the espresso, softening its acidity and bitterness without burying it. In Spain it's … [Read more...] about What Is a Cortado: Espresso and Warm Milk in Roughly Equal Parts