Café con Leche (Coffee with Milk) vs Caffè Macchiato (Marked Coffee)

Both drinks pair espresso with full-fat milk, but they treat the milk in opposite ways. Café con Leche pours a generous 120ml of hot milk over a double shot, roughly equal parts or more milk, yielding a mellow, creamy, comforting cup; sugar is purely optional. Caffè Macchiato keeps a single 30ml shot front and center, steaming milk to a velvety microfoam and spooning only a teaspoon or two onto the crema. The result is a small, intense demitasse where robust coffee dominates and milk is just a delicate mark.