Latte coffee emphasizes milk flavor, milk flavor should be balanced with coffee flavor, latte drawing skills

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Lattes emphasize the flavor of milk, which should be balanced with or even overshadowed by the aroma of coffee, while cappuccino still focuses on the aroma of coffee, and milk and foam are just decoration, not to steal the limelight of coffee. So, in terms of composition, lattes contain more milk (in extreme cases, 30ml espresso+300ml milk is also a successful latte), while cappuccinos contain less milk.

As mentioned above, the latte is a relatively casual coffee with few mandatory requirements. On the other hand, cappuccino is more fastidious: first, there are requirements for both quality and quantity of milk foam; second, the decoration of the surface of milk foam is indispensable to show that it is an elaborate drink rather than a home-cooked dish made at will in your own kitchen.

In terms of containers, lattes are still casual, either glasses or mugs, and it's not a big mistake to use a wide-mouthed cappuccino cup. Cappuccinos are usually filled with wide-mouthed cups that are wider than height, and the foam should be covered like a small cap.

Cappuccino has a more complex process and more foam, so it is sometimes mistaken for a kind of sweet coffee, but in fact, cappuccino is more bitter than latte because there is not as much milk as latte.

Some people think that cappuccino must latte art, but in fact it is not a mandatory requirement for any kind of coffee. As the latte is more casual, so there are a variety of patterns, cappuccino or non-flower "little hat" is more classic.

Flower drawing mode

1. To cook Espresso, it is recommended to put the Espresso directly into the desired cup. Then hit the milk foam, after completion, if there is a thicker milk foam floating on the surface, please remove it. 2. Slowly pour the milk foam into the newly finished Espresso. When the foam is fully mixed with the Espresso, the surface will be thick, and this is the time to start drawing flowers (usually the cup is half full).

3. The beginning of the pull flower is to shake the wrist holding the flower cup from left to right, and the key point is to steadily make the wrist shake horizontally to the left and right. Please note that this action only requires the strength of the wrist, not the whole arm. When the shake is correct, the cup will begin to show white "zigzag" foam marks.

4. Gradually move the flower cup back, and reduce the range of the shaking. Finally, when you close the cup, draw a thin straight line forward and draw the stem of the leaves in the cup as the end.

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