“Doña Merce, give me a coffee with picket… Serve her another spoonful because the early morning cold is taking its toll”, Pedro Infante sang in 1952 in Loshilos de Maria Morales.
It is called picket to that small amount of alcohol that is added to a drink that usually does not have it, for example coffee, with which combinations with whiskey, brandy or eggnog are used. One of the most popular blends is carajillo, which adds brandy, rum, whiskey, cognac or liqueur 43 to coffee, although creativity has expanded the letter to all kinds of drinks that mix caffeine with alcohol.
Bello Cafe
This place in the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood has a coffee shop and also sells mezcal from Guerrero, a mixture that is reflected in its extensive menu of coffees with picket and mixology with coffee. .They offer from the classic carajillo (espresso on the rocks with liquor 43) and several specialties of home.For these days where it seems that the sun does not heat up, they have Cloudy Sky (carajillo with a cloud of milk), Friday (espresso, amaretto Disaronno , whipped cream and cinnamon) or Alfonso (espresso shake with whipped cream, house coffee liqueur and milk foam).There are also flamed options such as Mandilón (espresso shake with a reduction of blueberries, coffee peel, mezcal and a mix of liqueurs) and Flashback ( dark cocoa liqueur, white cocoa cream, coffee liqueur and cinnamon).
If you are also a fan of wine, on their menu they also have Gluhwein, a European drink of mulled wine with spices and citrus. Address: Manuel Carpio 158-local 2, Santa María la Ribera, Cuauhtémoc, 06400 Mexico City, CDMX