{"id":32471,"date":"2024-01-30T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T08:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/?p=32471"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:19:46","slug":"cafe-con-leche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we say, <\/span>‘coffee with milk’<\/b>, you will think of the classic drinks you have surely tasted: from the traditional <\/span>caff\u00e9 latte<\/b> to the mouth-watering <\/span>cappuccino<\/b>, not forgetting, of course, the <\/span>caff\u00e9 macchiato<\/b> or, conversely, the <\/span>latte macchiato<\/b>. But have you ever had <\/span>caf\u00e9 con leche<\/i><\/b>?<\/span><\/p>\n

This combination, with its suggestive Spanish name, might look like a normal cappuccino, but <\/span>the way it is prepared is slightly different<\/b>. So, if until now you considered yourself a real coffee expert, we must unfortunately disappoint you: the list of drinks you already know is still missing one, which we will present to you in detail in this article.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 con leche: a bit of history<\/span><\/h2>\n

As you may have guessed, the Italian translation of <\/span>‘caf\u00e9 con leche’<\/b> corresponds to <\/span>‘coffee with milk’<\/b>, and actually it is indeed a drink made from two simple ingredients: <\/span>espresso coffee<\/b> and <\/span>milk<\/b>. Its origins are somewhat mysterious. What is certain is that it is a drink created in <\/span>Spain in<\/b> 17th century<\/b>, at a time when the country was considered <\/span>one of the most important coffee traders<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Spain, caf\u00e9 con leche then spread to the various colonies, especially <\/span>Latin America<\/b>, where it is now considered a kind of ‘national drink’, albeit known by different names and with some slight differences in the way it is prepared. What is important, however, is that regardless of what it is called and\/or prepared, caf\u00e9 con leche is habitually consumed at <\/span>all hours of the day<\/b>: either at breakfast, or as a mouth-watering ‘cuddle’ to break up the day. After all, its recipe is really very <\/span>simple and quick<\/b> and, as we have already explained, relies on only <\/span>two ingredients<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to prepare caf\u00e9 con leche<\/span><\/h2>\n

The fact that caf\u00e9 con leche is prepared with only two ingredients should not lead you to lower your guard too much. In fact, the <\/span>quality<\/b> and <\/span>type<\/b> of both must be <\/span>truly optimal<\/b>, as the actual <\/span>success of the drink will depend on them<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Regarding the <\/span>choice of milk<\/b>, for example, the advice is to go for <\/span>whole milk<\/b>, characterised by a <\/span>higher quantity of fats and proteins<\/b> which, in turn, <\/span>will positively influence the density and creaminess of the foam<\/b>. The same attention should also be paid to the choice of <\/span>coffee<\/b> or, rather, the <\/span>way of preparing it<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as milk should be rich in nutrients, the same applies to <\/span>espresso<\/b>. We, who know a thing or two about coffee, recommend that you prepare it with one of our <\/span>lever machines<\/b>. They are the only ones that can guarantee you a <\/span>coffee that is<\/b> rich in taste and nutrients<\/b>, perfect to be used as a base for the preparation of countless drinks, <\/span>including caf\u00e9 con leche<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, it is well known that if you want to drink good coffee, you should do it with the right machine! That’s why we invite you to browse through our catalogue and <\/span>discover the right coffee machine for you<\/b>: the one that will allow you to prepare an excellent espresso (preferably a little <\/span>longer than usual<\/b>). When it is ready, stick to the following instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

    \n
  • pour the coffee into a large cup;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • get a second cup and fill it 2\/3 full with whole milk;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Once it is the right size, heat the milk until it comes to the boil, then pour it into a milk jug;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Now whip the milk using a manual or electric milk frother. Use the handle of the milk frother to make slow vertical movements, causing the milk to take in air and start frothing;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • when you see the bubbles become small, pour the milk into the cup with the espresso and stir well;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • if you like, you can top it off by adding a little sugar or condensed milk.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Your caf\u00e9 con leche is finally ready to be enjoyed! As we have already explained, this is a drink that may seem reminiscent of cappuccino, but differs slightly in its preparation. On the contrary, it is almost identical to the well-known French <\/span>‘caf\u00e9 au lait’<\/i><\/b>, as the proportion of milk to coffee is the same for both drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Conclusion<\/span><\/h3>\n

    If you have read this far, you might have felt like <\/span>savouring this delicious Spanish drink<\/b>, perhaps for breakfast or, why not, as a relaxing evening cuddle before going to sleep, while enjoying a good movie on TV or immersed in reading a book. Besides, caf\u00e9 con leche is really very easy to prepare, which is why you can really treat yourself to it <\/span>whenever you feel the need<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The secret, as we have already explained, <\/span>is to get the best ingredients<\/b> and the <\/span>best tools<\/b> to prepare this drink, such as one of our <\/span>lever machines<\/b>. That is why we renew our invitation to you to <\/span>choose the model you prefer from our catalogue<\/b> and use it to prepare a fantastic caf\u00e9 con leche!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If we say, ‘coffee with milk’, you will think of the classic drinks you have surely tasted: from the traditional caff\u00e9 latte to the mouth-watering cappuccino, not forgetting, of course, the caff\u00e9 macchiato or, conversely, the latte macchiato. But have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10787,"featured_media":34860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espresso-coffee"],"yoast_head":"\nCaf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Savour the deliciousness of an authentic caf\u00e9 con leche. Delicious, creamy and irresistible! Perfect for the morning or for a relaxing moment.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Savour the deliciousness of an authentic caf\u00e9 con leche. Delicious, creamy and irresistible! Perfect for the morning or for a relaxing moment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ponte Vecchio - Macchine a leva per caff\u00e8\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-30T08:15:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-19T08:19:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andra Gatu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NextreAdmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andra Gatu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home","description":"Savour the deliciousness of an authentic caf\u00e9 con leche. Delicious, creamy and irresistible! Perfect for the morning or for a relaxing moment.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home","og_description":"Savour the deliciousness of an authentic caf\u00e9 con leche. Delicious, creamy and irresistible! Perfect for the morning or for a relaxing moment.","og_url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/","og_site_name":"Ponte Vecchio - Macchine a leva per caff\u00e8","article_published_time":"2024-01-30T08:15:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-19T08:19:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Andra Gatu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NextreAdmin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andra Gatu","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/"},"author":{"name":"Andra Gatu","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcf6b674a78f93f04a1845eb2bb4594e"},"headline":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home","datePublished":"2024-01-30T08:15:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-19T08:19:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/"},"wordCount":831,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp","articleSection":["Espresso Coffee"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/","url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/","name":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp","datePublished":"2024-01-30T08:15:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-19T08:19:46+00:00","description":"Savour the deliciousness of an authentic caf\u00e9 con leche. Delicious, creamy and irresistible! Perfect for the morning or for a relaxing moment.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cafe\u0300-con-leche.webp","width":1200,"height":750,"caption":"cafe\u0300-con-leche"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/cafe-con-leche\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Caf\u00e9 con leche: what it is and how to make it at home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/","name":"Ponte Vecchio - Macchine a leva per caff\u00e8","description":"Macchine per caff\u00e8 professionali ad uso domestico","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Pontevecchio Srl","url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/logo-mobile.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/logo-mobile.png","width":81,"height":80,"caption":"Pontevecchio Srl"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcf6b674a78f93f04a1845eb2bb4594e","name":"Andra Gatu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6786e43adacd10b7ca0654b644311804a78df1c9330651312a1d3fcca6e3653d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6786e43adacd10b7ca0654b644311804a78df1c9330651312a1d3fcca6e3653d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andra Gatu"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/NextreAdmin"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34864,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32471\/revisions\/34864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pontevecchiosrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}