What is the difference between macchiato and latte? introduction to the source of macchiato

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Latte (Caffe Latte): coffee, latte two protagonists

Caffe Latte is Italian, meaning coffee latte, and Latte means Italian milk. If you go to a coffee bar in Italy and tell the barista that you want a Latte, the barista may look at you with a puzzled look on his face and give you a glass of milk. To get a coffee latte in Italy, you have to say "Caffe Latte" to get an authentic espresso latte.

Of course, outside Europe, including the United States and Taiwan, coffee lattes are referred to as "latte Latte" for short. However, the latte you ordered in Italy is likely to have no milk foam, because the foam machine was invented relatively late and first appeared in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Before that, Italian lattes were served only with milk.

In terms of composition, the latte is 1/5 espresso, 2/5 hot milk and 2/5 milk foam. Latte flavor, with espresso and milk as the dual protagonists, taste the synthesis and balance of the two, is the most unique flavor of the latte.

Macchiato (Macchiato)

Macchiato is a small amount of milk foam added to espresso, which may be only a few milliliters and can be filled with an Espresso cup. It looks like a little bit of white on the Espresso. And "Macchiato" means "spot" in Italian, which gives Macchiato its name.

If you use double espresso (Double Espresso) to make macchiato, it is called big macchiato (Long Macchiato), while only one espresso (Single Espresso) is used to make macchiato, it is called Short Macchiato.

The flavor of Macchiato is very strong, almost without much dilution, in which milk is only the aid of taste, which can only be tasted carefully to taste a hint of milk flavor. But this is also the attraction of Macchiato, a little bit of milk, a trace of milk, let a person aftertaste again and again.

One is coffee macchiato, caffe macchiato, and the other is milk macchiato, latte macchiato. The so-called coffee macchiato is in an espresso cup, and an espresso can be covered with foam. The caramel macchiato derived from milk macchiato is similar to the latte, that is, the latte with caramel flavor.