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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A cup of espresso served with warm milk
Etymologies
- Spanish (Wiktionary)
Examples
“(a harmonious blend of espresso, steamed milk and foam), while the Spanish enjoy something called a cortado, which is a roughly a 1: 1 or 1: 2 ratio of coffee to milk.”
“Eso es exactamente lo que ha pasado con Fanfou, el twitter chino, cuyo servicio fue cortado sin aviso previo ni explicaciones el día 8 de julio, [...] 16 July 2009, 7: 49 am”
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“I go into the vegetarian restaurant in George Orwell Plaza and they make me a cafe cortado before I can even ask.”
“So I down my ultra-sweet cortado and head back into the light of day.”
“It is made in the Jerez region in southern Spain and comes in four main styles of increasing sweetness and heaviness: fino (also called manzanilla), palo cortado, amontillado, and oloroso.”
“Long meals and late nights remain the norm, and polities, like sports, is something to talk about over a glass of cava or a cafe cortado.”
“I typically order a cortado or Cuban coffee to go with my sandwich; it's just a strong shot of espresso with sugar, yet Cafecito's arrived almost lukewarm.”
“The fallback is the java cortado player for Ogg Theora/Vorbis.”
“Yo no nací sino para quereros; mi alma os ha cortado a su medida; por hábito del alma misma os quiero; cuanto tengo confieso yo deberos; por vos nací, por vos tengo la vida, por vos he de morir, y por vos muero.”
“She quickly brewed and poured her morning café cortado, then reached for the newspaper sent to her months ago; she wanted the article close at hand when she contacted her client.”
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1001 ways to caffeinate
Coffee has been in the news recently; several long-term studies have concluded coffee almost certainly helps prevent type 2 diabetes, liver disease, basal cell carcinoma and possibly Parkinson’s. ...
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How Do You Take Your Coffee?
The things that can be done to a cuppa joe.
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Coffee!
espresso, cappuccino, café con leche, café au lait, caffè sospeso, caffè macchiato, caffè corretto, café mocha, caffè e latte, doppio, cortado, flat white and 19 more...
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Caffeinated beverages
The art of selling the same drink to different people at different prices.
americano, café au lait, café con leche, cappuccino, mocha, moccaccino, cortado, latte, flat white, long black, macchiato, espresso and 6 more...
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actung From Wikipedia: "A cortado (from the Spanish cortar, known as "Tallat" in Catalan and "Ebaki" in Basque, "Pingo" or "Garoto" in Portugal and "noisette" in France) is an espresso "cut" with a small amount of warm milk to reduce the acidity. The ratio of milk to coffee is between 1:1 - 1:2, and the milk is added after the espresso." Sep 21, 2011