cortadito
noun
an espresso topped with an approximately equal amount of steamed milk.
cortado
-
a variation of
cortadito.
Example Sentences
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He cannot imagine paying more than $6 a cup, including tip, for cortado -- an espresso shot with a dash of milk foam.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
I love the community feel of that place, so I usually go there, get a cortado or a latte if I’m feeling really frisky with the extra milk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
“I was still a small town Swiss mountain boy,” Volken said over a cortado at Arête Coffee Bar on a bustling morning in August.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
And good palo cortado, along the lines of the F. de Castilla Antique or Valdespino Calle Ponce, is smashingly good with a silky, slightly smoky soup made with roasted delicata squash, apples and cream.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
Bump and Grind, however, is definitely not a nightclub: You can get DC Brau or Jailbreak beer as well as a flat white or cortado, but the shop closes at 9 p.m.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2016
