Ordering coffee on La Palma
- Cafe largo = black, single strength, large cup
- Cafe solo = black, single strength, small cup
- Cafe doble = black, double strength, small cup
- Cortado = white (small amount of milk), small cup
- Cortado con leche condensada = as above, but with sweetened
condensed milk
- Leche y leche = coffee, milk and sweetened condensed milk,
large cup
- Barraquito = as above but with more milk, and sometimes with
lemon peel and a dash of liquor
- Cafe con leche = white coffee (more milk than coffee), large cup
- Cortado natural = as above, but small cup
- Cafe aleman = weak black coffee (e.g. may be made with Nescafe),
large cup
- Cafe aleman con leche = as above, but with milk
Most of the above can be ordered with decaffeinated coffee by replacing
the word 'cafe' or 'cortado' by 'descafeinado'.
Chris Benn
(crb@ing.iac.es) ,
Esmeralda Darias
1996 May, last revised 1998 Jun 8