Origin and Recipe of Spanish Latte - Flavor Characteristics of Valencia Bombon Coffee from Spain

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Adding sugar and milk to coffee is quite common, after all, not everyone can accept the bitterness of coffee. Adding sugar or milk can neutralize the bitterness and make it easier to drink. Of course, coffee doesn't just have to be limited to sugar or milk - if you're daring enough, you can even add ice cream (affogato). Today, FrontStreet Coffee will discuss the ways to enjoy coffee with condensed milk.

What is Condensed Milk?

First, let's talk about what condensed milk is! Simply put, condensed milk is concentrated milk with added sucrose, much sweeter and thicker than regular milk, and it's different from coffee creamer. Coffee creamer is actually non-dairy creamer, which contains no milk.

Vietnamese Drip Coffee

When hearing "coffee + condensed milk," everyone immediately thinks of Vietnamese drip coffee. Vietnam is a major coffee-producing country, but what they produce is Robusta beans. When roasting these beans, butter and other ingredients are added, resulting in coffee that shines with oil and has a rich milky aroma. These coffee beans have a rich oily texture, but at the same time, the coffee's burnt bitterness is also very strong. Therefore, one of the local specialty coffee drinks involves putting some condensed milk in a cup, then placing a drip filter on top of the cup, pouring hot water, covering with a lid, and waiting for the coffee to naturally drip through.

When drinking, you need to use a spoon to stir the condensed milk settled at the bottom with the black coffee on the surface before drinking. The intense sweetness of the condensed milk perfectly neutralizes the extreme bitterness of the Robusta black coffee, resulting in a milk coffee with coffee flavor and lactose sweetness.

Café Bombón

"Coffee + condensed milk" is not unique to Vietnam. Far away on the Iberian Peninsula, Spain also has a way of drinking "coffee + condensed milk." In Valencia, Spain's third-largest city, you can order a coffee called "Café Bombón." This is actually a small coffee made with espresso and condensed milk.

The preparation is also very simple: take a 90-120ml glass - a glass is used for better appearance. Pour condensed milk according to a 1:1 ratio of espresso to condensed milk. For example, FrontStreet Coffee uses 40g of espresso, so add 40g of condensed milk. Then pour the espresso over the condensed milk. Because condensed milk has a higher density, without external force, it's difficult for the espresso to blend with the condensed milk, creating a very beautiful "black and white combination."

When drinking, you still need to stir gently with a spoon. The sensation when drinking is like "guiling jelly with condensed milk" - the texture is much thicker than drinking pure espresso, and it's no longer bitter.

Spanish Latte

The Spanish Latte should be a relatively familiar "coffee + condensed milk" drink for everyone. However, apart from having "Spanish" in its name, the Spanish Latte has nothing to do with Spain.

Spanish Latte is composed of espresso, milk, and condensed milk. To summarize simply, it's a regular latte coffee with added condensed milk.

For friends who don't particularly like the bitterness of coffee, Spanish Latte is definitely a good choice. Adding condensed milk can cover more of the coffee's bitterness while highlighting the sweetness of lactose and sucrose. Compared to using syrup for flavoring, adding condensed milk is more natural and comfortable.

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