The most comprehensive coffee knowledge and introduction (latte coffee)

Caffe Latte

Latte is the most familiar Italian coffee item for Chinese people. It is a fancy coffee with an equal or even more milk added to the thick and rich espresso. With the warm seasoning of milk, the originally bitter coffee becomes smooth, sweet, and rich. Even people who are not used to drinking coffee can hardly resist the fragrance of latte. Like cappuccino, latte is suitable for drinking in the morning because it contains a lot of milk. Italians also like to use it to warm their stomachs and have breakfast. In the kitchen of Italians in the morning, coffee and milk are usually cooked on the stove that can be illuminated by the sun. Italians who drink latte, rather than saying that they like Italian espresso, it is better to say that they like milk. Only espresso can give ordinary milk an unforgettable taste.

[Italian latte] requires a small cup of espresso and a cup of milk (150-200 ml). Latte has more milk and less coffee, which is very different from Cappuccino. The method of making latte is extremely simple, that is, pour nearly boiling milk into the freshly made Italian espresso. In fact, there is no fixed rule on how much milk to add, and it can be freely adjusted according to personal taste. If you add some foamed cold milk on the hot milk, it becomes a cup of [American latte]. Starbucks' American latte is made in this way, with Italian espresso at the bottom, milk heated to 65-75℃ in the middle, and a layer of cold milk foam no more than half a centimeter thick at the end. If you don't add hot milk, but directly decorate the Italian espresso with two tablespoons of milk foam, it becomes [Macchiato coffee] called Espresso Macchiato by Italians.

Café Au Lait The French are the most enthusiastic supporters of Café Au Lait. You will see round-bellied Café Au Lait cups on the breakfast table in France, which are filled with the source of their good mood for the day. Interestingly, among all coffee cups, the cups used by the French to hold Café Au Lait may be the largest. The method of making Café Au Lait is also very simple, that is, pour a cup of Italian espresso and a large cup of hot milk into a large cup at the same time, and finally put two spoons of whipped cream on the surface of the liquid. Café Au Lait can be regarded as a European latte, which is different from American latte and Italian latte. The biggest feature of Café Au Lait that distinguishes it from American latte and Italian latte is that it requires milk and espresso to be poured into the cup together. The milk and coffee meet at the first time, and the collision creates a leisurely and free mood.

Many people are confused about the relationship between latte and au lait. In fact, latte is an Italian-style milk coffee, which uses machine steam to steam hot milk, while au lait is a French coffee, which uses fire to heat milk, and the taste is the same warm and smooth. Method: Use utensils and materials. Appropriate amount of dark roasted coffee beans. Appropriate amount of milk (the ratio of coffee//fresh milk is 1:1) 1. Soak the cup in hot water (warm cup) to raise its temperature, and then pour out the excess water for use. 2. After grinding the dark roasted coffee beans, pour the coffee powder into the tampon, flatten the coffee powder with a pressure rod, and then buckle the tampon to the extraction port of the Italian coffee machine to extract Espresso (the ratio of coffee//fresh milk is 1:1). 3. Take an appropriate amount of milk and place it under the steam nozzle of the Italian espresso machine to steam it into hot milk. 4. Pour the steamed milk into the cup. 5. Shake the cup up and down to make the milk foam rise 6. Finally, slowly pour the Espresso into the cup.

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