cafe con leche

plural cafes con leche · plural cafe con leches

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of café con leche.

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

   2024 July 10, Kayla Samoy, “New to the scene”, in Chicago Tribune, 177th year, number 192, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5 (Food & Health), review of Bayan Ko Diner, page 5, column 1

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   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.

   2004, Anita González, Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 106

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

   2006, Charles L. Sizemore, “Euskal Herria”, in Cowboys and Catalans: A Texan Rambles through Europe, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 207

   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.

   2012 November 16, Mary O’Hara Wyman, “Introduction—Letter to My Grand Daughter”, in Grandma’s on the Camino: Reflections on a 48-Day Walking Pilgrimage to Santiago, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 6