While the colorful, sweet beverages capture people’s imaginations, the Starbucks Cortado ... brewed coffee, others wanted layered drinks, creative flavor combinations, and unlikely ingredients.

Starbucks has introduced the cortado to its permanent espresso lineup in 2025, bringing a taste of Spanish coffee culture to its menu nationwide. This new beverage is a simple yet sophisticated ...

They’re shuffling the same handful of ingredients and repackaging ... jacked up to cover up the treble (coffee). Meanwhile, the cortado is more balanced to make both parts stand out.

Starbucks' Cortado is made with three ristretto shots-- or "short shots" of highly concentrated espresso coffee -- of the coffee giant's Blonde espresso. In other words, in a ristretto ...

Coffee is an ingredient that can be found throughout ... is nothing like an actual macchiato. “A cortado is basically a 1:1 ratio of espresso and steamed milk,” says Kaleena Teoh, co-founder ...