The difference between Starbucks caramel macchiato and French caramel macchiato and latte

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Come early in the morning with a cup of freshly extracted espresso with hot milk and caramel sauce, and you get a cup of caramel macchiato, such as the caramel macchiato sold by Starbucks. Next, let's take a look at the practice of caramel macchiato in front of this article.

The Origin of Macchiato

First of all, let's take a look at the origin of caramel macchiato. Macchiato is an Italian word meaning "marked". Macchiato originated in Italy in the 1980s, when guests were in the habit of adding a small amount of milk to espresso, but milk will soon disappear from the coffee fat. So the barista wanted to distinguish a plain espresso from an espresso with a small amount of milk, so he "marked" a white spot on the coffee fat with milk.

Later, people found that in the gradual integration of milk foam and espresso, they can taste the mellow aroma of espresso and the sweetness of milk, which is intertwined in the mouth. So the traditional macchiato coffee was born.

How to make a cup of macchiato

It only takes an espresso and a spoonful of milk foam to make a cup of macchiato, so let's share how to make macchiato in front of the street.

First of all, Qianjie coffee is made of sunflower warm Italian coffee beans, the coffee bean information is as follows:

Coffee name: Qianjie coffee sunflower sunflower mix

Composition of mixed beans: 60% Honduran Sherry barrel & 40% Solar treatment Yega Shirley Red Cherry Plan

Flavor description: vanilla, cream, fermented flavor, wine rhyme, chocolate

Espresso extraction parameters sharing:

Amount of coffee powder: 20g

Amount of coffee liquid: 40 grams

Extraction time: 28 seconds

After the espresso is extracted, the next step is to dispose of the milk. It is recommended to beat the cappuccino foam to the thickness of the cappuccino foam to facilitate the scraping of the foam. Be careful to make it delicate and smooth. After getting rid of the milk, gently scrape the foam on the surface of the milk tank with a spoon, and then put it on the surface of the espresso.

Macchiato flavor: macchiato flavor is very strong, strong wine heart chocolate taste, almost no much dilution, milk foam increases the overall taste, tasting can taste a hint of milk flavor. So Qianjie Coffee thinks Macchiato is the best choice for coffee lovers who want to enjoy the delicate and smooth foam of cappuccino and cling to the pure aroma of Italian concentrated coffee.

What's the difference between macchiato and caramel macchiato?

The difference between macchiato and caramel macchiato is that macchiato can also change its flavor by adding flavor syrup. The most common is caramel macchiato. By adding caramel flavor syrup (caramel syrup) to macchiato, it has a completely different flavor. The name caramel macchiato was also invented by Starbucks baristas.

The way to do this is to add an espresso to a 350-milliliter coffee cup and fill the remaining 300 milliliters with milk, vanilla syrup and caramel sauce.

In addition, lattes can also be made into lattes. This fancy drink is also made from espresso and milk in January, but it has a higher milk content and requires a high degree of roasting of coffee beans.

The difference between latte and macchiato

Latte (Latte): latte means "milk" in Italian. Latte is espresso coffee with a large amount of milk, ranging from 1 / 2 to 1 / 5. In terms of taste, Qianjie coffee thinks that the latte is very mellow and unique, and the bitterness of the coffee has been largely covered, leaving only mellow aroma.

And macchiato's characteristic Qianjie coffee has also been mentioned above, its taste is characterized by dense cream and mellow taste, while the taste of latte is that milk is the protagonist, very smooth.

The proportion of lattes

Qianjie coffee also uses sunflowers to warm the sun.

The latte formula used in Qianjie is 1VR 6.5, that is, 40g espresso mixed with 260g steamed milk.

The espresso extraction scheme used in Qianjie is that 20g coffee powder extracts 40g espresso solution in 27 seconds as the base of latte. First of all, we have a steam bar, the general semi-automatic coffee machine will be equipped with a steam bar, followed by a container that needs to hold milk, such as a milk jar or a flower jar (professional equipment will get twice the result with half the effort). Finally, when it comes to the choice of milk, no matter normal or low temperature milk, whole milk or skim milk can get rid of foam, but if you want the milk to have better texture, taste, stability and durability, Qianjie still recommends using frozen whole milk. The next step is to fuse the flowers, extract the espresso, steam the milk, and then you can try your best to complete the latte. Fusion is also a very important part of making lattes. Good fusion can make lattes smooth and comfortable. A good fusion is what we often call a drawing. The last latte is done.

Latte taste features: smooth taste, long-lasting chocolate taste, mixed with pleasant wine taste, long-lasting finish, obvious sweetness.

The above is the proportion of lattes in Qianjie Coffee. Sunflower warm Italian coffee beans have been mentioned above. Next, Qianjie Coffee will share what coffee beans can be used to make lattes besides this espresso.

What coffee beans are used to make lattes?

Qianjie coffee sunflower sunflower blend flavor: obvious acidity, light berry aroma, wine aroma, rich chocolate flavor, return sweet obvious. Recipe: Honduras Shirley: Yega Red Cherry = 6:4

This matching Qianjie is made of Yega Sheffield Sun Red Cherry and Honduran Shirley. Qianjie's design concept for this matching bean is that both Italian style and hand flushing can be used. The flavor emitted when it is used to make espresso has obvious fermented wine aroma, citrus and berry acidity emerge immediately when tasting, with whisky aroma and dark chocolate finish.

When brewing this sunny coffee by hand, the flavor is not as rich as when making espresso, it has fermented wine and a little citrus aroma, and only obvious wine and dark chocolate in the mouth at high temperature. when the temperature drops, it will slightly reflect the acidity of citrus and berries, the whole is clean and fresh, without the taste of vanilla cream.

Qianjie coffee boutique mix flavor: soft slightly sour, sweet, nuts back sweet, the overall feeling is not too exciting, peaceful, fat belongs to medium. Recipe: Colombia: Brazil = 3:7

This blend is made in front of Brazil and Colombia, with a hint of baked grass, a slightly bitter fragrance, and a pleasant finish. This is because the coffee beans in the Colombian Cymbidium area have a pleasant sour taste, mellow smell, moderate acidity, rich sweetness and endurance.

It is intriguing that the coffee beans in the Hilado region of Brazil have a comfortable sweet and bitter taste, and the entrance is extremely smooth. So it's a wonderful match.

Qianjie coffee commercial mix flavor: caramel sweet, nut and cocoa, dark chocolate flavor, sweet and sour balance, a little bittersweet, lingering finish. Recipe: Colombia: Brazil: Robusta = 3:6:1

This mix uses Brazilian and Colombian coffee beans and 10% robusta coffee beans in front of the mix. The taste is classic. Qianjie believes that this blend has rich grease and taste and caramel sweetness, with nutty and cocoa flavors, dark chocolate flavor, sweet and sour balance, a little bitterness and a long finish. This commercial blend, like the Qianjie boutique coffee mix, uses Colombian and Brazilian coffee beans, except that Robusta provides rich oil, making the coffee taste more mellow.

Qianjie coffee basic blend flavor: with soft fruit acid, caramel sweetness, nutty, dark chocolate flavor, smooth and sticky, but light taste. Recipe: Yunnan: Brazil = 3:7

The front street is made up of Brazil and Yunnan. Qianjie thinks it tastes sweet with soft fruit acid and caramel, as well as nutty and dark chocolate, smooth and sticky, but light. This is because the natural conditions of Yunnan are very similar to those of Colombia, with high altitude, great temperature difference between day and night, mellow flavor, moderate sour taste, rich and mellow taste, uniform particles, more oil, and fruity flavor, and its quality and taste is similar to Colombian coffee. But it is still slightly lighter than that in Colombia, while the coffee beans in Brazil's Hilado region have a comfortable sweet and bitter taste and are extremely smooth in entrance. Therefore, the mixed flavor of these two kinds of coffee beans is also good, and this basic combination of coffee beans has a very high performance-to-price ratio, which is suitable for Italian beginners and small coffee shops.

The above are the coffee beans shared by Qianjie Coffee that can be used to make lattes. I hope it will help coffee lovers who are struggling with how to choose Italian coffee beans. I also hope this article can help you learn more about coffee.

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