The perfect combination of milk and coffee, just like the love between you and me | Latte coffee brewing method

Coffee latte is the representative of milk coffee. Latte means "milk" in Italian. It is made by mixing espresso with heated milk in a ratio of 1:4. When making latte, some milk foam is put on it to prevent the temperature from dropping. However, if the milk foam is too thick, it will give people a cappuccino feeling, so you must control the thickness of the milk foam, just a thin layer.

Material

25 ml syrup, 35 ml espresso, 200 ml milk

practice

1. Measure out the syrup first.

2. After warming the cup, pour the extracted espresso liquid into the cup and add syrup.

3. Put the milk into a medium-sized steel latte art cup and beat it into milk foam.

4. Heat the milk to 65~70℃.

5. Slowly pour the milk in the milk foam into the espresso liquid.

6. Shake the milk in the steel cup using the heart-shaped technique.

7. Use a carving stick to draw a butterfly and decorate the cup.

Orthodox Italian coffee latte is usually made with ristretto as the base, and 200 ml of milk at 50-60℃. However, people in some places are used to eating hot food, so 70℃ is the most suitable. In addition, adding a little more coffee can make it not as thick as cappuccino, heating the milk more can remove the milky smell, and whether to add sugar can be decided according to your taste.

This article is selected from the book "Fancy Coffee", all rights reserved.