Gibraltar Coffee: What It Is, How to Make It, and How It Compares to a Cortado
Gibraltar coffee is a double shot of espresso with approximately 2 oz (60 ml) of lightly textured, latte-style milk, served in a 4.5 oz Libbey Gibraltar glass. It was created at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco in the early 2000s and is named after the glass it’s served in — not the Rock of Gibraltar. It tastes like a cortado but is distinctly tied to West Coast specialty coffee culture. ...