Carajillo

A carajillo is a hot coffee drink to which a hard liquor is added. It is typical of Spain and several Latin American countries, such as Colombia, where it is usually made with brandy, Cuba, where it is usually made with rum, and some areas of Mexico, where it is typical to use Licor 43, mezcal or a liqueur coffee type Kahlúa or Tía María.

Usually served in a small glass. According to folk etymology, its origin dates to the times when Cuba was a Spanish province. The troops combined coffee with rum to give them courage (coraje in Spanish, which becomes corajillo in its diminutive form, and later carajillo, the word carajo being an expletive in Spanish, meaning "penis").

In Catalan, the carajillo is called cigaló. A similar Italian drink is known as caffè corretto.

See also

•  Coffee portal

References

• Romaní i Olivé, Joan Maria: Diccionari del vi i del beure. Edicions de La Magrana, col·lecció Pèl i Ploma, núm. 21. Barcelona, desembre del 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, setembre 2008, p. 5. ISSN 1695-2014.
• «Rebentats, rasques, brufar» (en ca). RodaMots. [Consulta: 3 agost 2017]. «S’usa «rebentar el cafè», per exemple: «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».»