cortado
/kɔːˈtɑːdəʊ
/noun (plural cortados)
A drink of espresso coffee with a small amount of steamed milk: I sat down at a cafe and ordered a cortado...
- Take a seat at a sidewalk cafe and order a cortado and watch Lima's crowds parade along the avenue in the latest styles from Paris, New York and Madrid.
- A cortado is a Spanish classic, a coffee "cut" with warm milk.
- I'd love to hear your methods of making a cortado.
Origin
From Spanish (café) cortado, literally 'cut coffee', from cortar 'to cut'.