The difference between a fine latte and a single latte

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The definition of boutique coffee, according to the Fine Coffee Association (SCA), a cup of high-quality coffee, from the beginning of planting must pay attention to details, picking, roasting … The strict and exquisite process of fine coffee will not be achieved until the brewing of this cup of coffee is finished. The concept of boutique coffee is to pay attention to the taste of the producing area, and the high-quality coffee beans produced by appropriate treatment according to local conditions do not conflict with instant coffee and espresso. Nowadays, more and more cafes use boutique coffee beans to produce espresso. At the same time, we have to admit that espresso is still the main part of many cafes.

Boutique latte, as the name implies, is a dense milk foam based on boutique coffee, with milk and milk, and finally presented with a perfect proportion of boutique latte.

The common boutique coffee, single-product coffee and formula coffee on the market are mostly black or American coffee brewed in the form of hand-brewed coffee, coffee machine, filter, etc., and in recent years, many stores have also launched a high-quality latte for the latte items that most consumers like. Or a latte based on individual coffee.

The base of latte coffee

Latte (Cafe Latte), derived from Italian coffee and milk, its brewing ratio is (espresso: milk: milk foam = 1:3:1), can be said to be a milk-based, coffee-supplemented coffee drink. Chain superstores or the cheapest lattes in coffee shops are mostly based on formula beans, and in recent years, under the influence of the third wave of coffee, there are more and more boutique lattes and single lattes.

Single latte

Single coffee is made from a single producing area, a single variety of coffee beans, in order to avoid roasting for too long and lose the unique characteristics of the producing area, usually the single product will be roasted in the way of light or medium roasting, and the flavor can better show the taste and aroma of the producing area. Drinkers who choose individual coffee can choose Italian or hand brewing, with fine-tuning of parameters, perfect brewing of the unique flavor of single coffee, and finally add milk and milk foam to make a single latte.

Boutique latte

According to the Fine Coffee Association (SCA), a cup of high-quality coffee must pay attention to details from the beginning of planting, picking and baking beans. It is not until the brewing of this cup of coffee is completed that the strict and refined process of fine coffee is achieved. finally, it needs to be higher than 80 points in the cup test in order to really get the title of fine coffee. On the other hand, the boutique latte is the final work based on the boutique coffee and integrated with milk and milk bubbles. The flavor of the boutique latte usually complements the flavor of coffee and milk, and does not make use of whose aroma to cover up each other's disadvantages. On the contrary, the flavor after mutual fusion is better.

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