What is the difference between a latte and a cappuccino? What kind of coffee is a latte? What are the characteristics of cappuccino? Why is latte sweeter?

Lattes and cappuccinos, as "veteran coffee", are essential products in almost every coffee shop. But even if the two are very classic, as the street used to say, as long as they are not involved in the field of coffee, it is difficult to know the difference between the two.

Therefore, many Xiaobai friends will usually choose a novel way to order when they are at a loss for these two types of coffee, that is to watch "coffee". For example, a latte is ordered because it looks good, or a cappuccino because its name looks more foreign.

To tell you what you said, Qianjie was like this in the early years. But such an order may often be accompanied by a consequence that the coffee you get doesn't quite match what you want. So today, Qianjie will take you to review, latte and cappuccino, what is the difference between these two classic milk coffee?

Latte-cappuccino latte, transliterated from "Latte", is the most popular milk coffee. Thanks to the birth of the flower-drawing art, the latte set off an unprecedented craze in the late 1920s. Countless people were attracted by the pattern on the surface of the latte, then ordered a cup, and stepped into the "abyss" without coffee ever since.

Although cappuccino is not as popular as a latte, it is also popular with most coffee shoppers. The name cappuccino comes from the word "Capuchin", because the color of the blend of milk and coffee is very similar to that of the robe, and then because the early cappuccino had a "small sharp horn" very similar to the robe hat, people named it "Cappuccino".

Lattes and cappuccinos are made of the same material. It's espresso, milk, milk foam. Although the two use the same material, but! There are differences in their dosage. It is the different amount of materials used that makes lattes and cappuccinos behave differently. For example, their taste, sweet latte and bitter cabbage, is the result of more and less milk.

As mentioned earlier, the latte tastes sweeter than other milk coffees. The simple reason is that there is more milk in this cup of coffee. In the former street, for example, the coffee and milk ratio of lattes produced in the front street was about 40 ml espresso and 200ml milk. The presence of a large amount of milk dilutes the bitterness of the coffee, which reduces the burden of the rich bitter taste of the coffee, and the milk can balance the taste of the coffee. So people often say that the taste of latte is suitable for all ages because it is not so bitter.

Cappuccino is the opposite product, it uses relatively less milk, because the aim is to use a small amount of milk to improve the overall texture and make the coffee taste more prominent! The ratio of cappuccino coffee to milk produced in front of the street is 1 4pm 40ml espresso and 160ml milk, which is less 40ml than latte. As a result, cappuccino cannot compete with the taste of coffee because of milk, which makes the taste of coffee more prominent. If you drink it, it will make people feel more coffee, that is, more bitter.

In addition to the difference in the size of the cup, there is a significant difference between the two, that is the thickness of the foam! The cappuccino's foam will be thicker than the latte, and the bubble will be higher than the cup itself, about 2 to 3 centimeters thick, while the latte's foam will only be in the 0.5 centimeter range.

The impact of milk foam on coffee mainly has two aspects, so the first is the touch! When the milk foam in the cup is thicker, it means that the more foam we produce, the more we can feel the denser touch when we drink coffee. Cappuccino is a good example. If you take a sip, you can't even drink the coffee at the bottom and enjoy the dense feeling of milk foam. When the milk foam is thinner in the cup, it means that we can get to the coffee under the foam more quickly. So the latte with thin milk foam tastes less dense than thick milk foam, but it will be more smooth. Then the second influence is in drawing flowers! Most of the colorful and difficult patterns we often see come from lattes. Why? Because the thickness of the milk foam affects the mobility of the whole (milk foam)!

The thinner the foam, the higher the mobility, so we can more easily shake out delicate lines and make some more complex patterns, while the thicker the foam, the lower the mobility. Milk bubbles as thick as cappuccino can hardly draw delicate lines by swinging, so most of the time, cappuccino is a simple heart, because it can't be pushed, or it doesn't come out of the picture.

To sum up, we can know that the main difference between a latte and a cappuccino lies in the size of the cup and the thickness of the foam. Because the latte has a large cup and more milk, the taste of milk and coffee can be balanced and sweeter. At the same time, because the milk foam is too thin, you can make a lot of complex flower patterns, while cappuccino is a small cup, less milk, the taste of coffee will be more prominent. At the same time, because of the existence of thick milk bubbles, we can experience a more intimate feeling. If you want to make it easier, then. Latte sweet, cabbage bitter! It's as simple as that.

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