Spiced Coffee

Café de Olla

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    ( 6 ounce cups)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Dos Caminos Mexican Street Food

By Ivy Stark

Published 2013

  • About

Mexico grows a lot of coffee and it’s delicious. The standard beverage for breakfast is freshly brewed coffee scented with spices. (The other choice is Mexican Hot Chocolate.) Very early in the morning, around market squares, the air is pungent with this robust aroma. The comedors who sell coffee from carts use a whisk-like tool called a molinillo to froth hot milk. It was brought by Spaniards when they conquered Mex