How much caffeine is in Café con Leche?

Each 8 oz (240 ml) serving contains approximately 100 mg of caffeine. For comparison, a standard 8 oz cup of brewed drip coffee contains around 95 mg. Actual content varies with dose, water temperature, and contact time.

What temperature should I use for Café con Leche?

Target 93°C (199°F). Below this range the cup tends toward sourness and thinness from under-extraction; above it, bitterness rises faster than sweetness.

How long should Café con Leche be extracted?

Extract for 0:25-0:30 or 4:00 by method using Espresso or Moka Pot, at a ratio of 70g/L strong coffee, cut 1:1 with scalded milk, prepared at Fine to medium. Time and ratio move together: a heavier dose generally wants a shorter contact time.

Why does my Café con Leche taste bitter?

Bitterness almost always indicates over-extraction. Shorten the contact time, lower the water temperature slightly, or grind coarser. Change one variable at a time so you can tell which one was responsible.

Who should avoid Café con Leche?

Contains dairy unless made with a plant alternative. Torrefacto roasting adds sugar during roasting; the finished cup carries a little even before you sweeten it. This is general educational information, not medical advice — consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own circumstances.

Reviewed Aug 2026

Specialty Coffee · Spain, and across Latin America

Café con Leche

Name: How to Brew Café con Leche
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 8 oz (240 ml)
Cuisine: Spain, and across Latin America
Ingredients: 70g/L strong coffee, cut 1:1 with scalded milk of Café con Leche; Filtered water heated to 93°C (199°F)

Café con leche

Strong dark-roast coffee cut with scalded milk, taken at breakfast.

Roughly equal parts strong coffee and scalded whole milk, usually made with the dark or torrefacto roast common in Spain.

Sensory profile

Comparative scale

sweetnessHigh

acidityLow

bitternessModerate

bodyHigh

aromaHigh

You should taste

How it unfolds

Aroma → Palate → Finish

AromaBefore and as you sip

No distinct note recorded here — the aroma reads as clear rather than carrying a nameable character of its own.

clear aroma

PalateWhile it is in the mouth

clear sweetness

FinishAfter you swallow

clear body

Where it sits

Stronger than 323 of the 345 other drinks in the catalogue, and weaker than 22.

That is 100 mg in a 8 oz (240 ml) serving — a concentration of 41.7 mg per 100 ml. The scale above ranks whole servings, and servings differ in size, so a larger drink can sit further right while being weaker cup for cup.

CupCura editorial estimate. No public food database has measured this preparation, so this figure is our own and is not independently sourced.

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