"Latte" is the transliteration of the Italian "Latte". Coffee Latte is a type of Italian coffee, which refers to a drink that is a mixture of espresso and milk. Therefore, it has the mellow aroma of espresso and the sweetness of milk. The taste is balanced and smooth, leaving an aftertaste in your mouth after drinking.
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.
How to make an authentic and delicious latte?
The coffee machine used in the Front Street store has a powder bowl with double concentration capacity, and the amount of powder is about 18-20 grams. When Front Street produces latte, 20 grams of coffee powder is used, and a powder-to-liquid extraction ratio of 1:2 is used, that is, 20 grams of coffee powder extracts 40 grams of coffee liquid. The time is related to the flow rate of the coffee powder. Generally, the duration of a single extraction is controlled between 20 and 35 seconds, because within 20 seconds, the coffee tastes easy to be thin, and if it exceeds 35 seconds, it is easy to over-extract and produce a burnt and bitter taste. Most of the concentrates in the front end are in the range of 28 to 30 seconds.
Before extraction, Front Street will prepare these in advance: ceramic coffee cups, milk jugs, and fresh milk. First, dry the powder bowl and align it with the powder connection port of the grinder, turn on the switch, grind out a double amount of coffee powder, place it on the electronic scale and increase or decrease it until the weight reaches 20 grams. Then use a powder spreader to spread the coffee powder, and press the powder press vertically downward to fill the coffee powder cake tightly to ensure more stable coffee extraction.
Then turn on the extraction switch of the coffee machine and let in water for 1 to 2 seconds. The purpose is to moisten the brewing head and take away the coffee grounds stuck on it. Place an electronic scale under the cup that receives the concentration, return the weight to 0, and place it under the brewing head during extraction. Gently snap the handle onto the brewing head and start turning down the extraction switch. Observe the changes in the extraction liquid. When the electronic scale shows that 40 grams of coffee liquid has been extracted for about 30 seconds, pull down the extraction switch and pour the Espresso into the ceramic coffee cup prepared in advance.
To whip milk, you mainly rely on the steam wand of the coffee machine to pour the appropriate amount of milk into the milk vat. For example, FrontStreet Coffee's latte cup is 300 ml, and you can pour 240 ml of milk, because the milk expands due to the gas after being whipped. Before starting to froth the milk, turn on the steam switch slightly and spray steam to drain the excess water from the steam wand. Then submerge the steam head of the steam wand into the milk liquid and turn on the switch.
There are two stages of frothing milk. The first stage requires the steam hole to be in contact with the milk liquid surface. This stage is to froth the milk. At this time, a sharp sound will be made like tearing paper, and this stage determines the thickness of the milk froth. The second stage is whipping. When enough milk has been frothed, the milk vat is lifted up and the steam holes are submerged into the milk, allowing the milk to rotate and whip under the action of steam. This stage determines the quality of the milk froth. The thickness of the milk foam for latte coffee is moderate, about 1 cm. The surface of the whipped milk is shiny, bubble-free, and has a certain fluidity.
Finally, fuse the whipped milk and the extracted espresso for latte art. The fusion is done before latte art. The distance between the mouth of the milk vat and the cup is slightly higher, which has impact. Gently fuse the milk and coffee until it is 70% full. Then the latte art vat is lowered. The mouth of the vat is close to the coffee liquid level, so the impact force is reduced and the milk is foamed. Because of the buoyancy, white milk foam will begin to appear on the liquid surface. At this time, you can make embossing movements by swinging your arms. Because the milk foam is moderate and has a certain fluidity, it will show a constantly swinging line. Finally, pull it up and push it forward to finish to create a basic heart-shaped latte art pattern.
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
