Head over to vessi.com/mdc to get 15% off a pair of your own Vessi sneakers! -- 00:00 Hello there 00:52 The Cortado 05:20 The Gibraltar 07:28 The Piccolo
Decades ago when I worked in Morocco, I would order something that translated into "half, half" to get a drink similar to the Cortado. They were served in a simple drinking glass, which occasionally broke when the hot liquids were added.
I work for a cafe that also serves Aussie-style pies, ANZAC biscuits, and so on, and now I can't wait to hit up the boss to put Piccolo lattes on the board.
The lighting in your studio is delightful! The other day I had a cortado at a coffee shop and I'm pretty sure what I was given was more of a macchiato. I mostly remember them spooning on some milk foam. It was ok.
I'm not a huge coffee connoisseur, so I'd never heard of a cortado before. I did just check that my favorite local coffee shop has it, so I know what I'm getting next time I go by there!
Love watching your new studio come together. Once it’s all set, I’d love some overview videos discussing the products you’re using now and what you like/dislike about them (looking at your new Lelit specifically..)
I’m a wanna be coffee connoisseur but with an H20 budget. LOVE your vids, easy understandable explanations of drinks I’d love to try/make one day, and your beautiful new espresso machine! The color combo is stunning. Thank you so much for your interesting coffee history and introducing me to this wonderful world of a beverage that I simply cannot live without! 😊
Yeaaassssss!! The cortado is easily my favorite drink! It's great for still enjoying the characterful coffees I love to drink, at least when I don't want the full intensity of espresso atm
When I visited Portugal I didn't see cortado in any of the cafes I visited. I think the closest is garoto, but the most common short coffee after a straight espresso was a Café pingado, which is an espresso with a splash of cold milk.
That’s because cortado is a Spanish word. In Portugal it’s pingado because that’s a Portuguese word. Whilst the Portuguese love to use English words thankfully they are sticking with their own beautiful language for their coffee drinks
And getting to this comment I’m confused. I just came back from Portugal, going no farther south than Porto. I drank many a café Meia leité, that is half coffee half milk and looks to be about the same volume as Morgan’s cortodo. My sister (who lives there now) drank café pingo (aka pingado) was indeed espresso with a splash of milk ( thought it was steamed but not sure) and much smaller volume. I didn’t see a garato listed; wonder if that’s more regional. Regardless, I really enjoyed what I drank.
@@Yumyumcoffee784 meia de leite is bigger than the cortado shown in this video and that is served in the UK and Nordics. And yes the pingado that you had is the absolute equivalent of the Spanish cortado from Spain.
this video came at the perfect time. i was going to spend part of my weekend hunting down a piccolo to try but now that i understand the ratio better, i think i’ll stick to my cortados.
Morgan -- I know you're a fan of milk drinks, but have you ever done a video on coffee with a shot of espresso, aka "red eye coffee"? I looked and didn't see one. Haters gonna hate, but there are times when it is my preferred coffee drink, and I've collected names for them that different cafés use. I've seen them called A Shot in the Dark, AA Boilermaker, All-nighter, Better than Coke, Black Eye, Black Fandango, Bull Dog, By-passes, Canadiano, Coffee Suicide, Cup o' Crack, Dead Man Walking, Depth Charge, Eclectic Witch Water, Early Shirley, Eye Opener, Grunder, Hammerhead, KickintheAsspresso, Lazarus, Mad Max, Morning Face Maker, Overdrive, Redeye, Train Wreck, and Zap or Zappo.
I finally learnt how to steam milk properly very recently and learning about coffee is even more fun when I can make it by myself. I found out that cortado exists thanks to this video and after trying it out at work today I can tell pretty confidently that I have my new favourite. 😊❤
Omg you have the Bianca V3. I have the same machine. Im actually jealous you got that colour because it looks so nice. I have the black one. (had to match the rest of my gear :p)
The coffee shots on this channel look phenomenal. I've now had to turn on my Mozzafiato, just so I can make one. It's 8.24pm, here in the UK and the machine takes half an hour to heat up. I guess sleep is for the weak. 😉
Something else. While I do like the slide in entrances, I realize that in the new studio that might not be an option. On your previous video, you entered by popping up from behind the counter. I thought that was cute. If you wanted to make that your new intro, I'd be for it!
Cortados are probably my favorite of the espresso drinks. I didn’t know the name of the Piccolo latte, but that has been my roommate and I’s go to “it’s later and we want coffee but not too much” drink
@morgandrinkscoffee I enjoy your channel. The enthusiasm and passion you bring to RU-vid. Especially on those wet and dreary Portland days. Born and raised. I do enjoy a good rain storm. I have a few questions 1 - "At the end of the day" what happens to all your experiments/testing drinks and coffee grounds? 2 - I use the pour over method. I also like espresso based drinks. How do I go about making a good espresso? 3 - Have you ever been to the La Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie in LO? I been there once, delicious. If so, what coffee drinks, both alcoholic and virgin would you recommend? TY in advance.
The cortado is my favorite. I usually alternate between a double espresso and a double ristretto for the drink depending on the roast of my beans and the type of milk (whole, 2%, oat or almond etc)👍🏾👍🏾☕️
To add to the confusion, I've seen basically the same drink called a "Caffè Cento" and, even more problematic, I've been served a Cortado that was extremely close to a "Cuban" or a "Vietnamese" coffee, i.e. sweetened and with condensed milk added to it...I was utterly bewildered😅
Cortados are my fav, however I've noticed a trend (across multiple cities) where places make it as a 2/2.5 oz drink vs the 4ish oz drink you describe here. Some places even have tiny to-go cups for thing.
I've noticed that a lot of cortado orders will pair the drink with a 4 ounce glass of sparkling water. Here in Texas, that usually means Topo Chico. Maybe as a pallet cleanser?
I haven’t heard of Cortado and have never seen it in Australia. I just realised that I’ve been trying to order one this whole time by asking for a small long mac half topped!
One thing that happens at our shop, since we are a grab and go without ceramic cups, is that people want more milk in their cortado and Gibraltar drinks
Yes the cortado originated in Spain and as you say the verb means cut. But this cortado isn’t a cut it’s a flood. And that’s why in the majority of cases in Spain much much less milk is used in a cortado than shown in this video. In many places a cortado will be in volume more like a macchiato but with no foam. Most of the cortados that I see outside of Spain would be called cafe con leche in Spain because too much milk is used. My feeling is that baristas invented the non-Spanish cortado as a way for coffee shops to be able to sell more types of coffee and not confuse customers with a Macchiato.
I'm relatively new to your channel. Do you have any video that goes into the details on how you pour your milk? I've never seen the process of using two milk cups and pouring from one to the other. Thanks!
8:06 tbh first heard Piccolo from an animated Japanese tv show and comic series... and the creator named his favorite character in the series this because (as lore says) it sounded like pickle.... then again he probably knew of the instrument too... wonder if the creator enjoyed the drink, too... thanks Morgan imma go make one right now and wax nostalgic over that man's work. RIP Akira Toriyama
I was going to say, I know a piccolo is a small flute, but to me, the character from Dragon Ball will always come to my mind first lol RIP Toriyama-sensei... 😞
I always assumed that Picolo was called that because he was a cast off part.Much like a Picolo is half the size of a flute, or a quarter of a bottle of wine, Picolo was only half a person. Maybe I over thought it, but I prefer my explanation to "it sounds like pickle" if I'm honest haha.
@@fuzziestlumpkin ...you're right and this was not lost on me, as to why referenced "as lore says" of certain naming conventions throughout the series... my comment was written intentionally generalized due to the fact this is a content section of video on making coffees, where figured a light cross over reference would relate to a couple folks and it looks like it did... yet to the specificity of your comment... "He probably knew of the instrument too" I was referencing the fact that King Piccolo's henchmen were also given instrument names without launching into IP canon that most folks aren't going to relate to out of context - - nevertheless the lore referenced here isn't looking at strict canon, rather describing how given DBZ blew up as an anime faster than as a manga AND the introduction of food based names, the romanji-esque examples being Kakarot = Carrot, Vegeta = Vegtable, Raditz = Radish, etc ...even Gohan means "rice" . It's important to keep in mind that although chronologically Dragon Ball came first... the foundational canon of IP didn't become popular until after DBZ was internationally syndicated, so that's how the memetic of "pickle-o" emerged over the less popular details of the prior series.
Piccolo is/was my favourite character. Such good memories watching Dragon Ball z as a kid and then having to translate it to my grandmother. It was our daily afterschool date together.
Having watched many of your vids I really have to start trying more coffee drinks. All of these looks nice. Would they work with a manual press? Also, you could do some green screen and mocap of yourself sliding, flying, parachuting, teleporting, etc into the scene. Scotty - no time to waste, beam our barista straight from the cafe to here!
I often leave my coffee up the Barista when I go to coffee shops. I get a lot of different things but I never have had one of these. Maybe one day now after this video I will.😁
I started out my specialty coffee consumption on gibraltars and thought the variance in the name was totally random haha I *have* seen the Libbey glasses and their name and didn't think much of it. Great to know the background on it! Gibraltar sounds fancier to me, so I'm going to use that name when I'm trying to convince myself that I know that I'm doing 😅 Also, love your Bianca (is it?) and the color is so pretty! Did you have it custom made??
I would love to see a video going over the difference between using a flavored syrup and milk versus using a flavored creamer in what your views and suggestions on both are.
I was introduced to gibralters in Reno, NV. Loved getting them at this one shop partly because each person making the thing made it differently; earthier, smoother, sharper, etc. Every time was a slightly different experience. Listening to you, I think I've been getting more a piccolo than gibralter because I've always gotten one shot of espresso. Now I'm living in CC, NV and found a place that serves gibralters, but they make me sad. I will order one with only one shot of espresso and see if that brings be caffeinated joy.
Cortadooooo. Hah I always just think of it as a cappuccino without foam. Idk about the actual ratios but it's just what it mostly tastes like and is easier to say to non-coffee people. x.x
Hey btw I don't know what your plans for the floor are going forward but if you want to be able to slide better you can always lay out a bit of laminate flooring in the main filming section, it gets real slippery in just socks that's for sure
It’s either the pretty green plants…..or it’s the Leleit Bianca…not sure which we’re talking about but I do love me a cortado. I keep trying shots of espresso at coffee shops and they’re all…super bitter or astringent to me… is that because I’m used to milky drinks or is it because they’re not making them right? Or maybe it’s because I’m a big baby… either way, keep up the awesome work, love your videos!
