Latte, an indispensable part of coffee shops

Latte coffee is generally called latte, and it has two most attractive advantages. One is that it has a smooth taste and rich milky aroma, and the other is that it has a "super beautiful" coffee art, which completely conquered female fans! The ratio of a cup of authentic Italian coffee should be: 70% milk, 20% milk foam, and 10% coffee (sugar-free).

▲Typical feature is rich milk flavor (standard-sugar-free)

"Latte" is the most ordered and classic milk coffee in coffee shops. It can be sweet or salty, hot or iced, and is especially loved by female fans. Latte means "milk" in Italian, so latte means milk (latte) + coffee (coffee), and coffee is the supporting role in latte. Below: Latte is abbreviated as "Latte"

formula

Concentrated coffee liquid (called espresso in English) + whole milk + milk foam whipped by high-temperature steam. The coffee beans used to make espresso liquid are mainly medium-deep and deep-roasted blended coffee beans; the milk used to make latte is whole milk, which makes it easier to whip dense milk foam.

There are no clear standards for making latte. There is a classic line: "There are a hundred kinds of latte in a hundred coffee shops and a hundred kinds of latte in the hearts of a hundred young ladies."

▲Starbucks 29 yuan▲Luckin Coffee 24 yuan▲Costa 29 yuan

▲Man Coffee 30 yuan

So basically the quality and amount of milk and coffee can determine the taste and quality of a cup of latte! Of course, milk is the most important, and full-fat is the first choice!

How to choose good milk

Look at the signs

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Look at the name

Fresh milk with pasteurized or low-temperature ingredients is usually sterilized fresh milk, which generally has high nutritional value. Milk with words like high temperature, sterilization, room temperature, and disinfection has less nutrition than fresh milk, but is still okay. Reconstituted milk has gone through many processing steps and most of its nutrients have been lost. Milk with words like beverage, drink, and flavor are all processed a lot and mixed with water, which have less nutrition and more additives.

Look at the ingredient list

Ingredients

In the ingredient list, only raw cow's milk is the main component of pure milk. The more of the other miscellaneous substances there are, the more additives the milk contains. In addition, you can look at the ratio of protein and fat content. The protein content of pure milk should be 3% or above.

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The quality of milk is mainly reflected in the protein content per 100 ml (the price is basically determined by this); while the taste is mainly reflected in the fat and sugar content.

Nutritional Information

Generally, fresh milk is chosen, which is the most basic and common milk. Other types of milk are based on this. At the same time, domestic milk must also comply with the "National Food Safety Standard GB 25190-2010" for sterilized milk. So you can choose milk according to the ingredient list and choose as needed!