Many friends have asked Front Street Coffee why the taste of latte is always different from what you get in the store when the same beans are used. Why is this?
First of all, the most traditional interpretation of latte is milk + coffee (there is no fixed type of coffee). Later, Starbucks launched latte using the method of espresso + milk, and it was widely promoted in stores around the world. Therefore, the industry gradually began to understand consumers’ understanding of latte as espresso + milk.
In fact, coffee + milk are both latte~ But when you read this article, you will most likely want to know how to make delicious Italian latte at home~ FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will not continue to digress, hahaha! Let’s get to the topic now~
It’s actually not difficult at all to make a latte that looks like a coffee shop. As long as the combination of coffee beans and milk is properly selected, stable and reasonable espresso extraction and a reasonable ratio of milk to coffee.
The choice of coffee beans is very important. It directly affects the flavor of latte coffee. Therefore, Front Street recommends that everyone first consider their own preferences when choosing coffee beans, and then choose a brand with higher cost performance based on their needs.
Front Street Coffee is an old coffee bean roasting brand. The Front Street Coffee Guangzhou offline store specializes in selling coffee beans. The store sells dozens of selected single-origin Pour over(V60) coffee beans and Italian coffee beans from different coffee origins around the world. The Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The quality of the coffee beans is stable and excellent, the price is very cost-effective, and the products are shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a newbie, a coffee lover who has reached a professional advanced level, or a user who has opened a coffee shop, Front Street Coffee is a recommended choice by many coffee lovers and platforms. Here are a few Italian coffee beans suitable for making latte:
1. Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee Bean ——Latte flavors: chocolate, cocoa, maple syrup, toast
For those who like mellow and rich coffee, it is recommended to buy Front Street Classic Italian Blend Coffee. This is a formula composed of three origins: Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam. It uses deep roasting, which can highlight the mellow aroma of coffee to the greatest extent, and also allows everyone to easily extract rich and dense coffee oil. It is very suitable for making American style diluted with water or latte with milk. You can buy it at Front Street Taobao store or Front Street Tmall flagship store.
2. Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Blend Coffee Bean - Latte Flavor: Berry, Butter Cookies, Rose
If you want to make an espresso with a floral and fruity aroma, you should use medium roasted coffee beans. We recommend Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans. You can order directly from Taobao or Tmall stores. This is a espresso made from two major origins: Costa Rica Tara beads, which are famous for their honey processing, and Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. On this basis, coupled with Colombian coffee beans, the espresso that can be prepared is not only non-irritating, but when extracted by the coffee machine, it has good oil and dense texture, and at the same time has a sweet and sour taste like strawberry gummy.
3. Front Street Premium Italian Blend Coffee Beans - Latte Flavor: Dark Chocolate, Roasted Nuts, Cocoa
As the world's top coffee-producing countries, Brazilian coffee and Colombian coffee have long been famous. Front Street combines coffee beans from the two production areas. The nutty aroma and balanced taste of Brazilian coffee and the chocolate tonality of Colombian coffee perfectly achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two. The extracted espresso has the flavor of butter cookies, cocoa, and roasted nuts.
4. Front Street Commercial Italian Blend Coffee Bean - Latte Flavor: Caramel, Roasted Hazelnut, Toast
If you want to replicate the same American style and latte from the coffee shop, you can buy the Front Street commercial blended coffee beans. It is made from three major production areas: Brazil, Colombia, and Vietnam. After medium-dark roasting, it has rich coffee oil and roasting aroma. The American style has a sweet taste and is very easy to drink. The latte is rich and smooth, leaving a fragrance on your lips and teeth after drinking. It is also affordable and can become a daily ration bean for families.
In addition to choosing the right coffee beans, the bean cultivation period is also very important. A customer once reported that after purchasing Nuanyang Blend, the flavor was not as good as the one consumed at the Front Street store. The reason was that the coffee beans were too fresh and the coffee flavor could not be extracted. After a few days, the customer said that the flavor was extracted. According to Front Street’s production tests, Front Street’s espresso coffee beans have the best flavor when they are grown for about 10-14 days, and the tasting period is about 50 days.
In addition to coffee beans, milk also affects the flavor and texture of latte. Front Street has previously reviewed several common fresh milks on the market. For detailed information, you can click "here" for reference.
The next thing that has a more important impact is the extraction of espresso. Some friends will attribute the quality of espresso to the difference in machines. A coffee machine that costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands is better than a home machine that costs several thousand dollars.
In fact, this statement is correct, but the difference in the quality of coffee produced by coffee machines costing 100,000 yuan and several thousand yuan is not as big as everyone imagines. Front Street has also used a home machine worth several thousand yuan. If it only produces 2-3 cups a day, the quality of the product will be no problem at all. Of course, if it is just a toy machine or an all-in-one bean grinding and extraction machine worth a few hundred yuan, the difference in the quality of the extracted coffee will be visible to the naked eye.
Regarding the various problems of espresso extraction, it is nothing more than suitable parameters, such as the basic formula used by Front Street: powder to liquid ratio 1:2, time 25-30 seconds, and no abnormalities during the extraction process. (Exceptions also refer to channel effects, unstable flow rates, perforation and sputtering...)
Regarding the ratio of coffee to milk, many friends asked Front Street whether to add one shot or two shots to latte coffee, and what is the ratio of coffee to milk. Some friends also asked Front Street about this recipe after asking about latte recipes from other coffee shops. Is this the standard way to make latte?
In this regard, if you still have this problem figured out, you can follow Front Street’s thinking. What does the ratio of coffee to milk affect? It's just that adding too much milk will mask the taste of coffee, and adding too little milk will make it too bitter. So the appropriate ratio is actually to find a balance between milk and coffee liquid.
If you have figured this out, you should realize that there is no precise standard ratio in data, because everyone uses different coffee beans and the milk may also be different. Even if you make a so-called standard latte according to other people's ratios, will the taste still be the same? So, let’s put aside the cold data and start with the taste of coffee.
For example, latte coffee has a rough ratio range, which is about "coffee: milk = 1:4 to 1:8", and the maximum and minimum values differ by twice the amount. If you use traditional shiny black espresso beans to extract espresso liquid, it may require more milk to maintain the balance of taste, assuming this result is 1:7. As for a lightly roasted SOE, its flavor itself is not that rich and exciting. Adding more milk will cause the milk to cover up the coffee flavor and become unbalanced. Assume that when the test shows that the ratio is 1:4, this latte is the most delicious, then the two cups of latte have different proportions of deliciousness. Therefore, when you get the data recipe for latte coffee, you can refer to it appropriately and do not treat it as a secret recipe.
Finally, the latte made in the coffee shop is better than the one made by friends at home. The main reason is that before the coffee shop hands you the delicious latte, it has tried a variety of unsatisfactory lattes and constantly adjusted the selection of coffee beans and milk, the extraction parameters of espresso, and the ratio of milk and coffee to a state suitable for the product.
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
