Barraquito
CLASSIC · SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK

Barraquito

Native to Tenerife, where ordering one completo gets you all four layers plus the lemon and cinnamon.

Ingredients
Sweetened Condensed Milk15 ml
Licor 4320 ml
Fresh Espresso30 ml
Hot Foamed Milk45 ml
Lemon Peel
Ground Cinnamon
Glassware
Small heatproof glass
Chilled.
Method
  1. 1

    Spoon the condensed milk into the base of a small heatproof glass.

  2. 2

    Add a strip of lemon peel and pour the liqueur gently over the back of a bar spoon so it sits above the milk.

  3. 3

    Pull an espresso and pour it slowly down the spoon to form the third layer.

  4. 4

    Top with hot foamed milk.

  5. 5

    Dust with cinnamon and serve without stirring — the layers are the point until the drinker breaks them.

From the Bartender

Native to Tenerife, where ordering one "completo" gets you all four layers plus the lemon and cinnamon. The lemon peel is not garnish: it sits in the liqueur layer and perfumes it from below.

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