solo-corto

Spanish

The Cafe Central Coffee plaque, Calle Santa Maria, off Plaza de la Constitucion, Malaga

Etymology

From solo + corto

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, the founder of Café Central in Malaga. Tired of the difficulty of understanding the orders of customers, he created a plaque on the tiled wall listing 10 types of coffee by their coffee and milk content. Some of the terms used were words that hadn't been asociated with coffee before, like "nube".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsolo ˈkoɾto/ [ˌso.lo ˈkoɾ.t̪o]
• Syllabification: so‧lo-cor‧to

Noun

solo-corto m (plural solo-cortos)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 40% milk and 60% coffee

Adjective

solo-corto (feminine solo-corta, masculine plural solo-cortos, feminine plural solo-cortas)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 40% milk and 60% coffee