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.
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! 😊
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. 😊❤
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
@morgandrinkscoffee I enjoy your channel. The enthusiasm and passion you bring to CZcams. 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 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. 😉
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)👍🏾👍🏾☕️
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)
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.
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
"Un cortado corto (de café) " is how you'd ask for a piccolo in spain. It translates literally to a "a cut coffee short (of coffee)" Edit: improved translation to english
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!
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!
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!
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 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!
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?
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
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.
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
Very similar drink in terms of size to a cortado (but with a totally different temperature experience) is an undertow. I used to make them when I was a barista before clocking in for my evening shift and never failed to get me going 😂. Love to see your thoughts on the oddity of the drink.
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??
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
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😅
what is this a latte for ants?? (jk the cortado is a vibe)
I've never seen the cream color before. Nice!
Two things have changed:
1. New espresso machine
2. Fewer beans left in the hopper 😉
... and the plants on the shelf :)
Looks like you have a new espresso machine.... But the studio looks amazing. So happy for you. Can't wait to keep learning from you!! ♥️
I vote for latte v flat white as the next debate drinks lol
You could probably throw cappucino into that one as well
@@chrisanderson8889 or maybe cappuccino: with or without sprinkled powder on top?
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.
Thx for making a video about the Cortado! It’s my favorite drink!
The cortado is my go-to and I hesitate to stray, but your recent videos have got me curious.
To be fair, the cortado is an excellent choice
You know what this studio needs? Some kind of really divisive clock!
I live in Sydney Australia and the piccolo is my go to drink when I don’t want a lot of milk. It’s DELICIOUS!
I don’t drink any coffee but I love your content and it just chills me out. You’re a beautiful human, thank you
I was just looking this up today. I love getting cortados, but my local coffeeshop serves gibraltars. Now I know. Thank you!
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.
Yes the piccolo! I visited Australia and discovered that wonderful coffee drink ❤❤ It was dusted with cocoa powder. 🥰
I miss it. 😢
Wonderful video, thanks for all you do!
Thank you Morgan, the Cortado is my favorite way to prepare my coffee, i am so frustrated when people look at me with three heads when I order it.
Intersting facts... first time hearing about the gibraltar.
Also, that coffee machine looks nice!
Omg yes please, I’d love another video explaining even more!
Cortados are my favorite! Thanks for highlighting this oft forgotten cousin of the latte & cappuccino.
Im just absorbed in everything i can learn, your voice is so so nice to listen and learn from ^^
Thank you!
Cortado's are my go to for coffee at home. I love them!!
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.
Yuck. I'm not a fan of much milk foam at all.
I love this set up! Since you upgraded I'm hoping for an espresso machine video.
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! 😊
Hiiii excited to see the new vid! ❤
Glad to have you here!
The coffee looks amazing and so are the snickers talk of perfect pair 💯😊
Live in Malaysia, piccolo do be here. Loved this, thanks, Morgan!
Hey, Morgan. Saw your message from the "Brew Crew" IG chat!😊
Hey hey!
the background music is just, banging when you were making the drinks
Love a Cortado but hooked on Flat Whites at the moment.
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. 😊❤
This si the Best of the Best coffe video facts I've ver seen ❤❤
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!
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
Great Video! Love the new espresso machine...
Thanks for the piccolo info. I just thought that's what they called cortado in new Zealand.
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.
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.
Good info! We are visiting Portugal in July and I’m curious about their coffee culture!
yes!! or "Pingo" in Porto specifically. This is how i learned to love and appreciate coffee with milk hehe
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.
I love cortados they're delicious and I love how prominent the espresso still is
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.
Congrats on the studio. I loved it when you sat at work and just chatted it up but this is an amazing entrepreneurial move.
The studio looks great.😊
New espresso machine? looks beautiful ❤
Lovely new studio space and new Lelit Bianca. Your kitchen definitely had its charm though.
I usually get a double espresso macchiato but now I might get a cortado instead. Great upload!
@morgandrinkscoffee
I enjoy your channel. The enthusiasm and passion you bring to CZcams. 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.
Go further please! Love the content.
so excited to see what the final studio upgrade ends up looking like!! happy for you ❤❤ (also brew crew rise up 🙏)
Congratulations for the new machine it’s my favorite one I been using it for almost 4 years I have the second version
Been ripping some delicious shots off of it this week!
I for sure noticed your new amazing espresso machine. The beautiful wood gave you away❤🎉😊
Cortados are my favorite to drink and to make in the cafe
The cortado is by far my favorite espresso drink. I love a good piccolo too ( Vivaldi has a wonderful concerto).
Cortado's my favorite coffee drink!
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. 😉
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)👍🏾👍🏾☕️
nooo wayyy I just tried a Cortado yesterday and it was very good, a local shop was advertising on Face Book so I tried it.
Yes, more of the Cortado world, please.
Nice new machine. A step up from the Silvia😊
The cortado is my favorite way to enjoy espresso. By the way, your Lelit looks lit!
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)
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.
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
Awww the Bianca! I'm so jealous!
I need that clock back. It always calmed me down
You got a Lelit Bianca!!
In this house, Morgan Eckroth is a hero!
Must be a pretty lame morally corrupt house if some vapid narcissist who makes coffee is your hero
@@1betterthanyou1 weird to be Mad Online(tm) about some random person? Why watch the videos?
@@1betterthanyou1 consulting your profile, Bagua is astrology-tier grifting nonsense, btw. Learn Judo or Muay Thai instead.
"Un cortado corto (de café) " is how you'd ask for a piccolo in spain. It translates literally to a "a cut coffee short (of coffee)"
Edit: improved translation to english
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!
the old machine is gooooooone!!!! the new one looks very fancy
also this has convinced me to go try a cortado so im gonna go do that now!
“It’s 13:30 I’m gonna drink the Piccolo.”
That’s my line from here on
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!
Best cortado I’ve ever had was at Keeper. Crazy delicious pastries, too. I miss PDX
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 very much enjoy a cortado or macchiato. I don't blame you at all for finishing that on screen.
ps. love your content.
I definitely use the cortado to gauge a café 😂 I also really enjoy it
Haha i just made a coffee, i try the cortado and maybe it will become my new favorite one :D
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.
As much as I enjoy you talking, I'm really liking the process sequences without talking getting a little more time to unfold without quick edits.
Heard!
Great Video! Would you buy the Decent or the Lelit you are currently using? Thank You!
Very very different machines that accomplish very different things
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!
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?
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
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.
Cortado in Morocco is called a Nous Nous and is about 50% bigger but still based as 50 /50 esperesso and milk. the size makes it a perfect drink
My daily coffee drink lies somewhere between Cortado and Piccolo, never had a name for that before :D
Sí, el "cortao" está perfectamente hecho, llevo una vida tomando tres o cuatro al día. Un saludo desde 🇪🇦
Is that a custom coloured lelit bianca?! looks SO GOOD!
Morgan, please delve deeper into these specialty drinks. You explain everything so well
Loved the video
The beginning jump was not that bad either haha
I’m still trying to decide how I feel about it
@@morgandrinkscoffeestill in between the video
But what I love is the being yourself and not scripted person right there
Be like this 🙌🙌
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
Very similar drink in terms of size to a cortado (but with a totally different temperature experience) is an undertow. I used to make them when I was a barista before clocking in for my evening shift and never failed to get me going 😂. Love to see your thoughts on the oddity of the drink.
By the way, totally jealous of that espresso machine and your new setup overall.
Once you've played with your machine some more i'd LOVE to see a video trying out some different flow profiles :P I love my bianca
Hello Bianca 😊
🫡 Thank you for your service Pinky.
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??
Thank you, yes, it’s a Bianca! It’s a custom color but it was a surprise acquisition while at Expo this year!
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
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😅
Love the new Lelit look! Any word on when they’re releasing it to the public? Wondering if I should wait for it or just get one available now😅
Hi Morgan. How do you decant the steamed milk using 2 pitchers at home without wasting milk? Love the channel btw...