Café con leche is a delicious combo of hot milk and strong coffee, and sometimes sugar and sometimes cinnamon depending on whether the recipe comes from Cuba or Mexico, Spain or Puerto Rico, etc. You can make it in the classic style with an espresso maker or machine, you can use a French press, or you can even try the richer blends of instant coffee--my favorite is instant Café Pilon. And if you've ever seen the movie The Station Agent, this recipe seems probably closest to what Joe was serving up in his little traveling food emporium. In Chicago, Café con Leche offers its signature drink on Milwaukee Avenue near Spaulding, a cup which has brightened many a gray morning Blue Line commute for me; it's right near the Logan Square El stop, which is like a dingy, tiled underworld and could use some brightening up.
