{{Short description|Spanish drink combining coffee with alcohol}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=March 2024}} {{Expand Spanish|Carajillo|date=March 2024}} }}{{Infobox drink | name = Carajillo | image = Carajillo.jpg | caption = Unmixed Carajillo on a plate | region = Unknown, Possibly Cuba }} {{Italic title}} A '''''carajillo''''' ({{IPA|es|kaɾaˈxiʝo, kaɾaˈxiʎo|lang}}) is an alcoholic drink made with coffee and either brandy, rum, mezcal or coffee liqueur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=Move Over Espresso Martini—The Carajillo Is Poised to Become the Caffeinated Cocktail of 2024 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/carajillo-cocktail-trend-2024 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> The drink is prominent in Spain and Latin America and is typically served in a small glass.
Similar to Irish coffee or caffè corretto, Carajillo is common in Colombia and Venezuela where it is made with brandy; Cuba, where it is made with rum; and Mexico where it is made with mezcal or a coffee liqueur, e.g., Kahlúa, Tía María or Licor 43.
Variations may include spices, e.g., cinnamon or fruit such as lemon peel.
In Costa Rica, the carajillo was consumed in the 50's thru the 70's as an after dinner drink. Gentlemen would order a brandy (served in a snifter) and a black coffee on the side. They would then proceed to pour the hot coffee into the snifter. The coffee and brandy aromas would blend, and the heat from the coffee helped vaporize them.
<gallery heights="200" mode="packed"> File:Café Carajillo2.jpg|''Carajillo'', unmixed File:Carajillo 1.JPG|''Carajillo'' in an Osborne bull glass </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Coffee}} * Irish coffee – cocktail with coffee and whiskey
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==Further reading== * Romaní i Olivé, Joan Maria: Diccionari del vi i del beure. Edicions de La Magrana, col·lecció Pèl i Ploma, núm. 21. Barcelona, December 1998. {{ISBN|84-8264-131-X}}, plana 63. * Costa, Roger «Quin és l'origen del popular 'carajillo' i del seu nom?». Sàpiens [Barcelona], núm. 71, September 2008 p. 5. {{ISSN|1695-2014}}. * «Rebentats, rasques, brufar» (en ca). RodaMots. [Consulted 3 August 2017]. «S’usa «rebentar el cafè», per example: «Aquest cafè el podríem rebentar amb un poc de conyac». Un avantatge, per petit que sigui, sobre el castellà, el qual, que jo sàpiga, no pot dir «vamos a carajillar este café».»
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Category:Spanish drinks Category:Alcoholic coffee drinks