Do you know the differences between Latte, Cappuccino and Mocha? Standing in front of the ordering counter in a cafe, have you ever had such a question, but didn't dare to ask, so you had to order one at random, or only the same one forever? Today, Front Street Coffee will help you clarify their similarities and differences, so that you can become a coffee expert.
What we call Espresso is high-concentration coffee made by pressurizing an espresso machine. Due to the strong flavor and strong taste of Espresso, many people are not used to drinking it. Therefore, after Espresso spread to all parts of the world, people in different countries added different materials, and based on Espresso, many different types of coffee were derived.
The espresso products with milk added can be said to be dazzling. Among them, latte coffee, cappuccino coffee, Fuli white coffee (Australian white), and mocha coffee have been widely promoted by Starbucks around the world, so many domestic friends are deeply impressed by this Italian milk coffee.
No matter which type of Italian milk coffee we use, we need to prepare an espresso machine with a steam wand first. Then we use comprehensive coffee beans with medium-dark roasting and mellow taste, specially blended for Italian coffee. The taste of coffee depends on the beans themselves and how roasted they are.
Front Street, a time-honored local brand in Guangzhou, sells six popular Italian blended coffee beans, all of which are shipped as raw beans within 5 days of roasting, ensuring that the coffee beans you receive are 100% freshly roasted. After receiving the coffee beans, you can pay attention to the roasting date on the back label and start using it 7 days after the date. This allows the coffee beans to have time to discharge carbon dioxide from the body, further ensuring the stability of the extraction. Below, Front Street has selected several Italian blends that are very suitable for making latte coffee. You can choose according to your own preferences:
"Front Street Classic Blend of Coffee Beans": Brazilian coffee beans + Indonesian coffee beans + Vietnamese coffee beans. It has a distinct aroma of chocolate, caramel, and roasted nut coffee. It is rich in oil and rich in color. It is suitable for home production that pursues high-quality latte art.
"Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso blended with coffee beans": It has the elegant aroma of roses, strawberry jelly beans, grapes, and preserved fruits. It is as smooth as cream in the mouth and has an almond aroma in the aftertaste. It is suitable for friends who like floral and fruity coffee.
"Front Street Premium Blend of 100% Arabica Coffee Beans": Colombian washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans, with flavors of nuts, dark chocolate, and caramel, suitable for those who like rich hazelnut coffee aroma.
"Front Street Commercial Blend Coffee Beans":Brazilian semi-sun-dried coffee beans + Colombian washed coffee beans + Vietnamese washed coffee,It has rich coffee oil and roasting aroma. It tastes sweet and mellow when made in American style. It is very easy to drink. It is rich and smooth when made into a latte. It will leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth after drinking. It is also affordable and can become a daily ration bean for families.
"Front Street Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) Coffee Beans": Yunnan washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans, concentratedIt has soft fruit acidity, caramel sweetness, nutty and dark chocolate flavors, smooth and viscous, and at a favorable price, suitable for shop owners and home users who prioritize cost and have average taste requirements.
To make latte, mocha and cappuccino, we use Front Street’s premium Italian blended coffee beans. When we receive the coffee beans, we need to prepare an espresso coffee grinder, grind the coffee beans into very fine particles, then put them into the powder bowl of the coffee machine handle to distribute them evenly, then use the included tamping tool to flatten and compact them, buckle them on the coffee machine, and press the extraction button.
Since the performance of each grinder and coffee machine is different, generally 10g of coffee powder extracts 20g of coffee liquid/20g of coffee powder extracts 40g of coffee liquid. The time required is between 25-30 seconds. You can extract the espresso and taste it before deciding whether to grind it coarsely (lighter) or finer (stronger).
Once you've made your espresso, use the steam wand to heat the whipped milk.
The ratio of making latte coffee at Front Street is: 20g espresso + 200ml milk + 1cm thick milk foam. After the milk and coffee are evenly blended, the overall balance is smooth and the taste is smooth. The overall capacity is about 280ml, so you need to prepare a bowl-shaped latte cup with a capacity of 300ml.
Mocha coffee, a chocolate-flavored Italian milk coffee. The production ratio is 20g espresso + 15g chocolate sauce + 190ml milk + 1cm thick milk foam. If possible, you can also add your favorite marshmallows on top to increase the sweet taste. The recipe is similar to latte coffee, so you can prepare a bowl-shaped latte coffee cup with a capacity of 300ml.
The ratio of making cappuccino coffee is: 40g espresso + 150g milk + 1.5cm thick milk foam. The overall capacity is about 190ml. When the coffee is ready, it will form a high-arched bag. Compared with latte, cappuccino is a milk coffee with a richer coffee flavor and thicker milk foam. The first sip feels like cotton candy. When making a cappuccino coffee machine, the milk froth must be stacked high, so it is recommended to use a straight/tulip-shaped coffee cup with a capacity of 200ml.
When comparing the three coffees at the same time, the cappuccino with the least milk tastes the strongest, with the lighter milk flavor and rich foam; the latte has the most balanced taste, whether it is the coffee flavor, milk aroma, or the thickness of the foam layer, we can all feel it; the final mocha adds chocolate-flavored mocha sauce to the latte, so it tastes not only the mellow aroma of Italian coffee, but also the sweetness of milk chocolate, with richer layers.
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
