Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Differences between latte and cappucino

I found 2 of the best answers from

http://www.ochef.com/87.htm

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/4502

I used to work in a bar cum restaurant back in melbourne. I have never question my superior on what is the difference. I only know that he show me how to make it.

Now after 8 yrs later .. I'm finally enlighten .. eureka ...

Answer 1:
"cappuccino is a serving of espresso (about 2 ounces) with essentially similar amounts of milk and a rather stiff milk foam. Caffè latte is a serving of espresso with about three times as much milk, topped with a short head of foam. So a latte is milder and has a milkier taste." from http://www.ochef.com/87.htm

Answer 2:
"Both a latte a cappuccino are usually based on a 30ml shot of coffee. A cappuccino is 1/3rd coffee, 1/3 warm milk and 1/3 froth (Thats when its made properly- usually alot of people will make it milkier than that). A latte is supposed to be served in a glass rather than a cup, and is 1/4 coffee, 2/4 milk and 1/4 froth. For its optimum, the beans need to be grinded just before use and the milk should be textured to 60 degrees celcius" from http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/4502

2 comments:

YuNiq said...

Thanks for the info. You also coffee addict izit? Actually I kinda like to add non-dairy creamer. Sadly the coffee giants don't do that. Wonder why? Maybe I'm alien. ;-)

Alex Yap said...

ya i'm coffee addict ..

back then when i was in melbourne, i always start my day with latte. I love latte more as compare to cappucino.

now back to malaysia .. always start my day with nescafe.

recently i found a new espresso machine by Krups .. huh . fully automated .. 2.9K man .. my dream machine.