The word ‘latte’ has been derived from the Italian word ‘caffelatte‘. The word ‘caffelatte’ means coffee and milk i.e. caffe- coffee and latte- milk. Latte is a kind of coffee beverage and it is prepared with hot milk. Latte means milk in ‘Italy’ and in most of the countries latte is a popularly known as ‘caffelatte’. The caffelatte is known as ‘cafe au lait’ in French, cafe com laite in Portugal and ‘cafe con leche’ in Spanish. Nowadays latte has become a part of intercontinental coffee menus, such as ‘espresso’ and ‘cappuccino’. The term ‘caffelatte’ was first used in the year 1874 in the Oxford English dictionary.
‘Caffe Mediterraneum’, is considered as birthplace of the cafe latte, Berkeley, California. Lino was the first person who invented caffe latte, and he belongs to an Italian barista in the San Francisco. His latte was too strong for the consumers, so in order to make it mild he added large amounts of milk in it and termed it as caffelatte. Making latte is an easy task; you just have to follow the instructions given below to make it.
Things required
- Coffee
- Milk (hot)
- Sugar
- Espresso
Instructions:
- Take a metal pitcher and pour four quarters full of whole milk in it, so that the milk reaches just about the pour spurt. Take a thermometer and place it inside the metal pitcher.
- Boil the milk up to 150 F. Allow it to sit for a few minutes, until the temperature increases by about 6 degrees. Do not allow the temperature to exceed 155 Fahrenheit, as it can burn the tongue of the drinker.
- You can use a steam baton and place it underneath the surface of the milk to produce bubbles and foam.
- Keep stirring and rotating the steam in a revolving manner. When the temperature of milk reaches 100 F and is warm, get the ’steam pitcher’, increase it to avoid the frothing and then boil it until it is reaches above the temperature of 100 F.
- Get some amount of espresso and crush it in your espresso chopper or food processor. After that, grab some amount of the espresso and place it in the ‘port filter’.
- Provide it almost 45 lbs. of pressure and leave it locked in the machine for some time.
- When it is ready, place your espresso shot in a coffee cup. An espresso shot is generally prepared within 20 to 25 seconds and has the least volume.
- Now put in a little bit of foam and cream, on top of the ‘coffelatte’ surface.
Tips & Warnings
- You can use low-fat milk for lesser calories.
- You can also use extra proportions of milk in your coffee if you want to.
- A cappuccino contains espresso, and a small quantity of ‘lukewarm milk’, and froth. Caffelatte consist of ‘filtered coffee’ and hot milk.
- Some grocery stores and coffee bars keep small bottles of flavored syrups; you can get those bottles and can make your own flavored caffelattes at home. You can add two or three teaspoons of syrup in cup ofhot milk, add more if you want to.
- Heating can cause severe injuries, and the espresso machine remains very hot, even after it is switched off. Unlock the regulator on machine’s steam tube very carefully.
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