What are the main types of coffee drinks? The difference between American latte cappuccino mocha

With the entry of international freshly ground coffee brands Starbucks, costa and other direct stores in China, a coffee boom has sprung up in China, and many merchants continue to make articles for coffee drinks. In addition to freshly ground coffee with high consumption cost, civilian instant coffee and coffee drinks are also very popular. What are the main types of coffee drinks now? How does it taste? Let's give you a brief introduction on the front street.

Cafe Americano

American coffee is a kind of black coffee, which is composed of espresso and water without other ingredients. During World War II, coffee was so popular in the US military that Americans drank the bitterness of unaccustomed espresso and diluted it with water to reach their acceptable concentration. Later, in cafes opened in the United States, the Italians also "do as the Romans do" to launch "coffee with water" based on Italian concentration, and this coffee has been very popular ever since.

There is no fixed proportion of American coffee, each store will have its own production standards, the aim is to present the flavor and taste of the coffee. According to the proportion of Qianjie tried and prepared many times, 40g coffee liquid was poured into 240g 88 ℃ hot water, and the hot American coffee was made. If ice American coffee is produced, the hot water will be replaced with 120 grams of ice and 120 grams of normal water, which tastes best before the ice melts. Ice American coffee in front street shows strong whisky aroma, sweet and sour berries, refreshing and greasy, so it is especially popular in hot Guangzhou stores, while hot American coffee highlights the mellowness of roasted nuts and chocolate, the sweet and sour fermentation of tropical fruits, and the aftertaste of vanilla.

Cafe Latte

About 60% of the coffee drinks on the market are under the banner of latte, the most important reason is that latte is a coffee drink easily accepted by Chinese people, because latte is based on sweet milk and added espresso, so it can be accepted even by Chinese consumers who are not used to drinking coffee.

The raw material of latte is very simple, only need espresso and milk, there is also no fixed proportion, most of which range from 1:5 to 1:8. The front street will use the ratio of 1:6, 40g espresso and 240g milk. When producing a hot latte, Qianjie will add espresso liquid to the preheated coffee cup, and then use Italian coffee machine steam to beat the milk. the milk temperature should be controlled at 55-65 ℃ to form dense and moderately thick milk bubbles, and then evenly mixed with the coffee liquid, the final lace is the icing on the cake. The hot latte on the front street shows the sweetness of wine chocolate and is as smooth as cream. Ice lattes in front of the street will be filled with 75 grams of ice + 25ml fresh milk, then 40 grams of coffee liquid will be extracted and sprinkled on the surface, reminding guests to stir well before drinking.

Cappuccino

Cappuccino and latte, are only composed of milk and coffee, the top will be very delicate and rich milk foam. In the early years, cappuccino coffee was usually based on the ratio of espresso, milk and milk foam at 1:1:1, but if we make cappuccino by this standard, the concentration of cappuccino is very high, and the thickness of the foam makes the coffee difficult to drink. The biggest difference between cappuccino and latte is that the essence of cappuccino is that the delicate milk foam provides a full and delicate taste, which is mixed with espresso until the coffee reaches 11 cents.

Cappuccino coffee produced in front of the street mainly guarantees small cups of 180ml, 11 cents full, strong coffee flavor and dense thick milk foam. That is, double espresso as the base, 150ml's milk is whisked into thick foam and mixed into it. The cappuccino on the front street tastes full of chocolate milk, and the dense foam adds a lot to the taste of the coffee.

Australian white coffee

Small white coffee, Flat White is also known as "Australian white", "fragrant white" or "plain white". Flat White coffee is a new product created by Australians who modify the proportion parameters on the basis of hot latte coffee, mainly with two differences.

The base of Xiaobai coffee is called Ristretto. Australians want to drink a more coffee-flavored milk coffee, believing that the latter part of Italian concentration will "dilute" the flavor of coffee, so they only take the middle and front part of espresso and the "restricted" back section, which is called Ristretto. When we drink Flat White, it is not difficult to find that its cup quantity is smaller than that of a hot latte. The amount of coffee liquid is reduced, and it is difficult to highlight the coffee flavor after blending with the same amount of milk as the latte, so the proportion of hot milk is also reduced, sending out the hot milk with thin milk bubbles, which is evenly mixed, without thick milk bubbles, coffee is generally flush with the mouth of the cup, so it is called "Flat White", which is also translated into "plain white". Flat means "flat", and White refers to white coffee added with milk.

Qianjie Flat White coffee is usually 20g coffee powder extract double ristretto about 30g, poured into a 200ml capacity of the cup as the base, mixed with milk at 1:5, that is, 150ml hot milk, the foam as thin as possible, so as to highlight the strong taste of the coffee. The Flat white produced by Qianjie store not only has the flavor of whisky, cream and vanilla, but also has berry-like sour and sweet, showing a full aroma of coffee.

Mocha Coffee

In addition to the above "basic" espresso, which only adds water and milk, it can also add different flavors of syrup, such as the mocha coffee named after coffee famous Democa is a very popular one. The classic mocha has a strong black cocoa aroma, and Italian mocha adds chocolate sauce / chocolate powder / cubes to highlight this feature. When making hot mocha coffee on Qianjie Street, 15g chocolate sauce is added to the espresso, stirred well, then mixed with hot milk, and finally sprinkled with cocoa powder to add chocolate aroma and taste. Ice mocha is to add 15g chocolate sauce to the coffee concentrate of an iced latte.

Hand-made coffee

Hand-brewed coffee will first grind the beans into powder, and then use a kettle to evenly inject hot water into contact with the powder layer to "dissolve" the substance out of the coffee. In fact, you can get a cup of clear black coffee by using a filter cup with filter paper or other tools to filter the coffee grounds and prevent them from entering the pot. There are many kinds of beans suitable for hand-brewed coffee. with the understanding and adjustment of brewers' parameters, the flavor and taste characteristics of coffee change more or less, and tasters can feel the purest aroma of coffee. For example, dozens of individual coffee beans on the Qianjie bean list can be extracted by hand.

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