Cafe latte is currently attracting a lot of young people's attention because it is a new type of coffee concoction with modern trends. Cafe latte is the product of a wonderful combination of Espresso and milk, one of the most popular coffees in the world… So what is a cafe latte? This is an Italian style of milk coffee, often drunk in breakfast. The most attractive point of coffee lattes is in the way of shaping when preparing, which requires baristas to have certain techniques. Below, Huongmai Cafe will help people decipher this drink.

What is cafe latte?

Cafe latte is actually made from espresso and milk. If the "enjoy" is not very connoisseur will often confuse the taste of latte with cappuccino because both have 3 basic ingredients: espresso, hot milk and milk foam. However, in cappuccino, the amount of hot milk can be equivalent to milk foam, while in cafe latte, it contains 1/3 espresso, 1/3 heated milk and 1/3 milk foam, just like that when pouring. Even inside a porcelain cup, no one can see it.

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Can cafe latte be classified or not?           

In fact, cafe latte is already a type of coffee, so it cannot be classified anymore, but there are only variations based on the name "latte". Because these variations have absolutely no "coffee" in them:

  • You can make coffee latte with flavors such as caramel, hazelnut or chocolate (with chocolate, change to cafe mocha), you just need to change a little caramel, hazelnut or chocolate syrup (about 5-10ml of syrup).
  • In Asian or North American countries, latte is combined with Asian teas. Coffee and tea shops in this country serve other versions of latte such as Latte Matcha, latte bottle.

How to shape a cup of cafe latte       

If you only make a regular cup of coffee latte, it does not require too much in the way of brewing but is the way to shape the latte more vividly.

There are two main types of latte art: free pouring (drawings created during pouring) and engraving (using tools to create drawings after pouring milk foam). Free pouring is more popular because it requires less time to make. In the art of free pouring, the most popular is the way to shape the heart and the way to shape the rose, shape the fern. The heart shape is more popular and is used a lot for macchiato or cappuccino.

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The heart-shaped pouring technique is considered quite simple because you just need to master the pouring speed and be a little skillful to move back and forth the milk foam to help shape the heart.

To pour a heart shape, you hold the coffee cup firmly in your hand so that the coffee in the cup does not move, always leaning in one direction. You can also place the coffee cup on the table if the guest does not require to be observed or is convenient for performing the operation.

When you pour milk foam directly into the coffee, the milk foam will start to rise to the surface on a certain side. This operation begins slowly and gradually increases in speed.

Next, you will move the pourer evenly from side to side, but keep the speed of changing the level of coffee in the cup. The head movements will be smaller and larger to create a sharpness and heart for the heart. At this point we should get an apple-like shape.

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When the cup of coffee is almost full you slowly raise the cup (if you are holding the cup in hand), slowly stop the flow of milk foam and at the same time move your milk cup forward to finish with a gentle pouring line across center the apple just drawn to press the center axis for the heart.

Practicing well the skill of pouring the heart shape will help you master the pouring speed and master the operation to create the desired drawings. From this technique you can practice pouring other shapes such as leaves, tulips, swans, etc.

Above, Huongmai Cafe has helped you better understand the beautiful latte. It is because of the sophisticated way of preparation that this coffee has become an attractive beverage that is loved by the whole world.