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The Lisbon galão, a tall glass of milk and espresso

5 min · 1 tall glass (about 250 ml)

Lisbon's breakfast coffee, drunk in a tall glass alongside a pastel de nata: a bica (Lisbon's espresso) topped with lots of foamy hot milk.

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You need

• 1 shot espresso (a bica), about 30 ml, from 9 g of beans
• 200 ml (3/4 cup + 2 tbsp) whole milk
• A tall heatproof glass and a pastel de nata alongside

How to make it

1. Milk (40 sec): Steam the milk with plenty of air, like a cappuccino, to 60 to 65°C.
2. Glass (10 sec): Pour the milk into the warmed glass, holding back the foam, then spoon the foam on top.
3. Coffee (30 sec): Pull the bica and pour it slowly through the foam so it settles in a band between milk and foam.
4. Serve: With a pastel de nata, warm, dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar.

Tips

• A 'galão escuro' is darker (more coffee), a 'galão claro' lighter.
• A 'meia de leite' is the same coffee and milk in a cup instead of a glass.
• Lisbon's 'bica' is said to stand for 'beba isto com açúcar', 'drink this with sugar', from A Brasileira's early days. It's a lovely story; nobody can prove it.

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