Meaning of café con leche | Babel Free

Definitions

A coffee beverage common throughout Spain and Latin America consisting of strong coffee (usually espresso) mixed with scalded milk in approximately equal amounts.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“She made thick stews from leftovers and the smells drowned out the aroma of Melena’s café con leches.[…]She was expensive, but Melena lived on café con leches and we paid her price.”

“We sit in puffy velvet armchairs near the fireplace, in a corner at Satellite Coffee across from the University of New Mexico, drinking cafés con leche.”

“Some were slumped over their café con leches in deep conversation; others were playing chess and some playing dominoes.”

“I watched as she drank two café con leches, ate three different kinds of pastry, let me win our very quick, second chess game.”

“The waiter refills their coffee cups with warm café con leches.”

“I was one of the only customers at that hour except for a few elderly men sitting morosely at the bar inside, busily reading their newspapers and dunking their croissants into their café con leches in semiautomatic movements.”

“One of the later scenes of the play has performers sitting in nine oversized rocking chairs, all facing the audience, while they wait for waiters to serve them cafe con leche. […] When drinking cafe con leche, it is customary to clink your glass with a spoon to call for a waiter, who arrives with the coffee and milk in two giant teakettles.”

“Paula sat down at a table by the window while José Manuel and I ordered the cafes con leche and tapas at the bar.”

“We soon fell into sightseeing and a driving routine according to Spanish time. Breakfast, mid-morning cafe con leches, lunch from 2:00 to 4:00pm, tapas and drinks about 7:00pm and dinner about 9:00pm.”

“I had the cafe con leche ($5.50), a smooth espresso with steamed and condensed milk.”

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