Coffee recipes · Make it at home
The coffeehouse-style Spanish latte is typically espresso with milk and a little sweetened condensed milk. It makes a rich, sweet drink that works warm or iced.
Yield1 drink
Active time5–7 min
Coffee baseEspresso + condensed milk
Ingredients & equipment
- 1 double espresso
- 120–160 ml milk (steamed or cold)
- 1–2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk, adjusted to taste
- Ice, if making an iced version
How to make it
- Spoon condensed milk into your cup. Start with one tablespoon unless you know you want a dessert-style sweetness.
- Brew a double espresso and pour it over the condensed milk. Stir until combined.
- For a warm drink, steam and pour in the milk. For an iced drink, cool the coffee mixture briefly, fill a tall glass with ice, then add cold milk.
- Taste. Add only a little more condensed milk if needed; it is easy to oversweeten.
Spanish latte vs Vietnamese coffee
Both may use condensed milk, but the brewing methods are often different. A café-style Spanish latte is usually espresso-and-milk based; Vietnamese phin coffee has its own history, equipment and flavor profile. They are better appreciated as distinct drinks rather than interchangeable names.
