Tenerife Layers · Sweet Espresso
Barraquito
Photo: Juan Manuel Parra from Puerto de la Cruz, Spain / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
A proper barraquito is built in five distinct layers — condensed milk, a Spanish herbal liqueur, espresso, frothed milk, and a dusting of cinnamon — and locals get particular about the order.
The barraquito is a layered coffee drink combining condensed milk, Licor 43, espresso, and steamed milk, finished with lemon zest and cinnamon. It's sipped slowly after a meal rather than knocked back like a quick espresso.
Why it's made this way: Believed to have originated in a Santa Cruz de Tenerife bar in the early-to-mid 20th century, the drink became woven into the Canarian sobremesa ritual of lingering at the table after eating.
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