Café con leche

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Lately, walking through the cold to class and fighting cabin fever, I really miss being able to walk down the street from my little apartment in Ronda for a cup of café con leche. This "coffee with milk" is the most common form of coffee where I lived in southern Spain. It is about half hot milk and half coffee, and usually quite inexpensive.

^{Daver in Ronda, Málaga, Spain}

In the morning, a typical breakfast of toast with olive oil and tomato puree and a cup of coffee usually cost me about 1,80€, or about $2.25 in those days. A coffee on its own was usually about 1€. At Daver, though, I usually got a pastry or chocolate with coffee, increasing the price and my waistline slightly.

^Granier

The Granier café is at the corner by the town's main plaza. The coffee here was a little more expensive, but came with some amazing people watching. An angled corner window offers a great view of the intersection and the plaza.

^{Dver café con leche in all its glory}

In the end, I frequented Daver so much that the staff knew me by name. They still probably would, if I had a way back there! On this occasion, they sprinkled a little cinnamon on top of my coffee which, while sounding odd, was very good.

If you're headed to Spain any time soon, there are other milk-to-coffee ratios. Café solo or Café de máquina will be just a shot of espresso. Café con leche is about 50% milk, and nube is about 80% milk, with a little coffee. There are some other ratios, but these are a good place to start.

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