The difference between a latte and a cappuccino. What is a cappuccino? What kind of coffee do you have?

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Whether you walk into an ordinary cafe or a boutique cafe, there will be LATTE and CAPPUCCINO in the menu. Many people will think that these two kinds of coffee are only the difference in cup size or foam thickness.

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There is a small knowledge that everyone has to know, LATTE this word is Italian, literally translated means milk, so it can also be understood as LATTE is not equal to coffee, there are several kinds of lattes on the market that do not contain a drop of coffee, such as: matcha latte, black tea latte they do not contain coffee, but must contain milk. The correct name is CAFFÉ LATTE.

Component differentiation

Cappuccino and latte have similar ingredients, both ESPRESSO+ milk + foam, the difference is that cappuccino has more foam than milk, latte has more milk than foam, and some cappuccinos use double ESPRESSO. Cappuccino at the same price is usually smaller than latte, with a stronger coffee flavor, dense milk foam and bitter coffee collision taste excellent; latte is larger than cappuccino because it has more milk content than cappuccino, and the coffee flavor is lighter than cappuccino, but its silky taste and beautiful latte art pull flower also capture many people's preference.

Make a Difference

Cappuccino is usually made in short and wide china cups. Moreover, cappuccino milk foam should be higher than the mouth of the cup, appear full, smooth, shake the cup left and right will not have coffee overflow; latte only need a thin layer of milk foam, more importantly, taste milk coffee smooth taste.

About the foam cappuccino needs to make the milk very thick, latte needs to be made into thin foam, more skills are needed, and the foam is required to have good fluidity, and the surface is shiny and dense enough.

Taste difference

Cappuccino and latte both have foam, and both require very dense foam. Cabbage foam, drink some of the recommendations will be milk foam and underground liquid drink together, milk, coffee mixed with dense milk foam filled with your mouth feeling super happy.

Latte coffee foam less, milk more, the overall feeling is heavy milk, latte a bit like milk with coffee flavor, because there is no thick milk foam, so there is no very dense feeling.