The types of Italian coffee currently available in FrontStreet Coffee include latte, cappuccino and mocha. Among them, latte and cappuccino have the highest order rate. So what is the difference in taste and flavor characteristics between them? How much caffeine is in a latte? Next, FrontStreet Coffee will answer them one by one through this article.
What is cappuccino?
Cappuccino is a classic Italian coffee that has the same ingredients as latte, consisting of milk foam, milk and espresso. At the same time, according to FrontStreet Coffee, we know that cappuccino is divided into dry cappuccino and wet cappuccino. Dry cappuccino has more milk foam and has a rich taste; wet cappuccino has less milk foam and more milk flavor than dry cappuccino, but both have more milk foam. Currently, in China, Front Street Coffee has more milk foam. Coffee) is a dry cappuccino method, with thicker milk foam and an appropriate amount of milk, and the dense taste has captured many coffee lovers.
What is a latte?
Latte is actually the transliteration of the Italian "Latte", which means milk, so if you order a latte from Italian coffee beans, you may get a glass of milk. So latte actually means milk coffee in Italy. And with the emergence of espresso machines, steam wands became the standard feature of espresso machines. Milk can be easily heated on the coffee machine, and modern latte coffee also took shape. So in the 1980s, a barista from Seattle, Washington, began to use rich milk to "color" it, which was the prototype of latte art.
And because the Italian blended beans used in each coffee shop have different flavors and the models of Italian coffee machines are also different, the proportion of milk and coffee, beans used, extraction parameters, etc. of latte coffee in each shop will be slightly different. But generally, a latte is a coffee drink in which a large amount of milk is mixed with espresso. The flavors of latte made from different coffee beans will also be different, the flavor of latte made from different milk will also be different, and even different flavors can be presented through different ratios of coffee and milk.
ThatWhat coffee beans to use for espresso？
Just as FrontStreet Coffee mentioned above, the espresso coffee extracted from different coffee beans has different flavors after adding milk. FrontStreet Coffee will use the beans it currently uses as an example to recommend what coffee beans to use for espresso.
For example, FrontStreet Coffee currently uses the in-house blended Sunflower Warm Sun series, which is Front Street’s most proud blend. It is a blend of Honduran sherry coffee and Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherry coffee, blended into milk to highlight the rich chocolate, caramel, and tipsy flavors.
FrontStreet Coffee Sunflower Warm Blended
Flavor:Obvious fruit acidity, light berry aroma, wine aroma, rich chocolate flavor, and obvious sweet aftertaste.
Recipe:Honduran sherry: Yerga red cherry = 7:3
This front street blend is a blend of Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherries and Honduran sherry. Front Street’s design concept for this blended bean is that it can be used in both Italian style and manual brewing. The flavor it exudes when used to make espresso has an obvious aroma of fermented wine. When you taste it, the acidity of citrus and berries emerges immediately, with the aroma of whiskey, and the aftertaste is dark chocolate.
So this is one of the reasons why coffee lovers who come to FrontStreet Coffee can drink the aroma of fermented wine when drinking espresso. In addition, FrontStreet Coffee also has three other espresso beans (click on the link) available in the store. You only need to choose according to your preferences.
So how are latte and cappuccino made?
As FrontStreet Coffee mentioned above, each coffee shop uses different formula ratios, so it is normal to get different coffee flavors when ordering the same espresso in different coffee shops. However, as long as the espresso is extracted from high-quality espresso beans, the flavor of this cup of espresso will be superior.
Cappuccino recipe ratio
As mentioned above by FrontStreet Coffee, traditional cappuccino is made of 1/3 espresso, 1/3 milk and 1/3 milk foam. Cappuccino is divided into dry and wet types. Dry Kabu milk foams more, while wet milk foams relatively less. The cappuccino to be made below is a type of dry cappuccino.
Latte coffee and cappuccino coffee use the same espresso extraction parameters. The espresso extraction parameters are as follows:
Front Street uses a Lelit V3 espresso machine.
Pressure: 9 bar
Temperature: 90.5~96 degrees Celsius
Time: 20~30 sec
Pink to water ratio: 1:1.7~1:2
Amount of powder: 10g (single espresso) 20g (double espresso)
Extraction concentration volume: 20ml (single portion) 40ml (double portion)
Front Street uses double espresso to make latte coffee. The flavor after extraction of coffee beans is: obvious fruit acid, lingering light berry aroma, rich wine aroma and chocolate flavor, and a pleasant aftertaste.
At the same time, the milk and milk froth temperatures used in latte and cappuccino are also the same. The only difference is the capacity and milk foam thickness.
Milk: Full-fat fresh milk (Weiji fresh milk used in Front Street)
Temperature for whipping milk: 50-60 degrees Celsius (too low a temperature will not activate the lactose in the milk, and too high a temperature will destroy the protein in the milk, resulting in a grainy texture)
Milk foam thickness: 1 cm (milk foam thinner than 1 cm is used to make Australian white coffee, and milk foam thicker than 1 cm is used to make cappuccino coffee).
Cappuccino coffee recipe recipediscuss
Cappuccino is generally only served hot because if it is made into an iced drink, it will quickly dissolve into a latte.
Front Street recommends that the ratio of coffee to milk for making latte is 1:3.5, 40ml espresso:140ml hot milk. Mix the milk and espresso in a circular motion to create a hot cappuccino. Finally, gently roll out the simple flower shape,
Then this cup of cappuccino is complete.
FrontStreet Coffee cappuccino flavor is as follows:It will have a more obvious wine-centered chocolate flavor, and when paired with milk and dense milk foam, it will show a very full taste, with a rich and long-lasting cocoa flavor, accompanied by the smell of wine smoke.
hotSuggested ratios for making latte coffee
Front Street recommends that the ratio of coffee to milk for making latte is 1:6.5, 40ml espresso: 260ml hot milk. Mix the milk and espresso in a circular motion to get a hot latte. The heating of fresh milk produces a better release of the sweet molecules of lactose. After mixing evenly with the espresso, the whole latte has the sweet taste of milk, which does not steal the limelight of the espresso. On the contrary, the flavor of the espresso is better reflected in the background of the milk.
FrontStreet Coffee hot latte flavors are as follows:The aroma of whiskey, the acidity of lactose and coffee collide to create a milkshake-like sweetness, and the aftertaste is like hazelnut and other nuts.
How much caffeine is in that latte?
According to research data, most adults can consume 400 mg of caffeine a day, and the caffeine content of each coffee variety is different. For example, the coffee beans in the Front Street store are mostly Arabica coffee beans. The caffeine content of this coffee bean is only 0.9-1.2%, which is very harmful to the human body.
The above is what FrontStreet Coffee has compiled about how much caffeine a cup of latte contains and the taste and flavor characteristics of cappuccino and latte. In addition, you can also know from the above.Can espresso be latte art?, of course it is possible, as long as it is whipped milk, it will have dense milk foam, which can naturally be mixed with espresso to form a cup of mellow milk coffee. At the same time, FrontStreet Coffee also hopes that this article can help coffee lovers who want to know the relevant knowledge so that they can choose Italian milk coffee that suits their own taste in the future.
For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee on private WeChat, WeChat ID: kaixinguoguo0925
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
