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a mug of coffee with milk

Puerto Rican-Style Café con Leche

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  • Author: Salima Benkhalti
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1-2 cups 1x
  • Category: beverages, Drinks
  • Method: Boiled
  • Cuisine: Latin, Puerto Rican
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Start the day off right with a warm cup of traditional Puerto Rican Café Con Leche, made with ground Puerto Rican coffee, sugar and steamed milk. Ready in only 10 minutes, make it with a Fresh press, pour over, Mokapot, or your go-to coffee maker. This traditional Latin drink can be found at any given time in panaderías, restaurants and home kitchens across the island


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1/2 cup ground coffee
  • 1/2 cup filtered water (for brewing the coffee)
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

  1. Brew your coffee according to the instructions on the coffee making device you’re using. See notes for directions if using a saucepan to make your coffee.
  2. While your coffee brews, add milk to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a light simmer before killing the heat.
  3. Fill your cup with coffee until just halfway full. Add sugar and stir with a spoon. Pour steamed milk in to fill the cup. Enjoy!

Notes

Grandma’s Instant Coffee Method: combine instant coffee, sugar and milk in a saucepan and simmer together until the coffee infuses into the milk. Enjoy!

Colador Method: add water and bring to a simmer before adding in coffee grounds, simmering together for a minute, killing the heat, allowing it to steep for 2 minutes, then straining through your colador into a large cup. Add brewed coffee, sugar and milk to a clean saucepan and steam until hot.