What is a mocha? The difference between latte and mocha

What is a mocha? As one of the three major drinks in the world, coffee has become a common and familiar drink in daily life. But are you confused by the proper terms of coffee, such as mocha, latte, Blue Mountain, cappuccino and so on? What is a mocha? What's the difference between latte and mocha? Don't worry, the editor will show you what's going on.

What is a mocha?

"Mocha" is a port city on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. The port of Mocha is the earliest port of coffee trade in the world and used to be the largest coffee trade center in the world. The African coffee exported from the port of Mocha is collectively known as mocha coffee. Although today's emerging ports have replaced the port of Mocha, the mocha coffee producing area of the Mocha period has remained, and these coffee beans are still called mocha coffee beans.

Mocha coffee beans are rich in taste, with aromas of red wine, dried fruit, blueberries, grapes, cinnamon and even chocolate. With the birth of Italian fancy coffee, people try to add chocolate to ordinary coffee instead of mocha coffee. Therefore, nowadays, the so-called mocha coffee actually refers to the general name of mocha bean coffee and Italian mocha coffee.

The difference between latte and mocha

Lattes and mochas both belong to Italian coffee. The difference between lattes and mochas is mainly based on the proportion of coffee, milk and milk foam. Because of the great difference in the ratio of coffee and milk, there is also a great difference in taste. Latte coffee has a strong aroma of milk, while mocha coffee has a stronger coffee flavor and chocolate aroma.

Mocha is a variety of lattes in Italian coffee, usually made from 1/3 espresso and 2/3 milk foam, with a small amount of chocolate, which is usually added in the form of chocolate syrup. It can be said that mocha coffee is the most fancy kind of Italian coffee, not only with chocolate syrup, but also with cinnamon, cocoa powder and even cotton candy.

The ratio of coffee to milk to foam in the latte is 1:8:1, so the latte is a burden-free cup of coffee, which can drink not only the warmth of the milk, but also the strong aroma of the coffee. The mocha has less foam than the latte, replaced by milk, whipped cream and chocolate. It can be said that mocha is no longer just coffee.