I am just back from a few weeks on the Via the la Plata. Since 2015 I have been nearly every year in Spain walking caminoroutes I loved the café con leches. This year I did not like them as much, most of the times they were much strenger than I remembered and liked. Is this just me who experienced this? Should I clarify when ordering that I would like the Coffee to be more "milky"
Café con leche generally varies in its recipes from one region to the next -- though a certain particular manner of preparing it has become somewhat common in establishments catering towards pilgrims on the Francès. Not sure why.
Personally, that's not my preferred recipe for it, and I would prefer either a genuine Parisian grand'crème, or a Roman cappuccino.
There's a Portuguese bakery down here where I live on the French Riviera, and they serve one that is similar to your description -- stronger and less "milky", using Delta coffee, it's marvellous. Still prefer Spanish black coffee to the Portuguese though ... I seem to remember though that coffee in Western Spain nearer to Portugal is somewhat similar to the Portuguese. The French bakery 150 yards away has a very decent French-style crème.
But as to a proper espresso, there's also the small Italian place a little downhill from the Portuguese and French bakeries, in Monte-Carlo that is, and it has the best espresso I've tasted outside Italy.
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Yes, I'm spoilt senseless ...