ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES DAY 104
How to make a Cafe Latte at home

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2005-10-08

It's possible to make a decent latte (which is not short for cafe au lait, latte is Italian for milk, which means that if you order a latte in Italy you will most likely get a glass of milk) at home with a rather ordinary coffee maker.

This is what you need:

  • Strong coffee
  • Milk
  • A large cup
  • An electric milk whisker
  • A coffee maker which heats the water to more than 90°C (194°F)
  • Sugar
  • If you're a beginner: A large living fly
Brew strong coffee1

Brew enough coffee to fill half your large cup. Use two tablespoons of coffee / person.

Coffee and milk2

Pour half a cup of milk and heat it in your microwave oven. Don't let the milk boil - that will make it taste slightly like gruel. If you like that, then boil the milk - but keep that to yourself.

Sugar and coffee3

Add a few teaspoons of sugar to the milk before you whip it.

Making a latte4

Whip the milk until a fly can walk over it without wetting its feet.

Pour coffee5

Add the coffee without ruining the foam.

Stir the coffee6

Stir your latte under the foam with milk whisker and end it by making a nice pattern in the foam.

It's done, now drink it.

Some might argue that this is a café au lait and not a cafe latte, and sure, the recipe tells you to mix 50/50 coffee and milk, as when one makes a café au lait, and not 1/3 espresso and 2/3 milk, as when making a cafe latte by the textbook. But neither you nor your friends, and most baristas will notice any difference so why bother.

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Posted by: Christina 2006-07-10

yay! i tried this and it works!

 

Posted by: Jeroo 2006-09-12

I Like mine stirred anti-clockwise

 

Posted by: marlina 2006-10-14

I made this for my mother and she said that It taste as good or better than Starbuck and alot cheaper Thank you very much

 

Posted by: marlina Site 2006-10-14

my mother love the latte that i fixed thank you

 

Posted by: Joyce Nower 2007-01-07

Hi - I have a glass cylinder called a Froth Master for heating the milk in in the microwave, and it has a lid with a pump mechanism to whip up the milk until it's quite "hard." I used French Market coffee, so it didn't taste quite like the Starbuck's latte, but that's just a matter of changing brands. The up shot is, I think I may have found a way to avoid shelling out $3 plus every time I want a latte. Oh, I used non-fat milk, and it was excellent. Thanks for demystifying the process. Joyce

 

Posted by: Max Magnus 2007-01-07

That Froth Master seems to be a clever gadget.

 

Posted by: jane 2007-01-21

most barristas who drink coffee will know the difference.

 

Posted by: Max Magnus 2007-01-21

I seriously doubt that. Especially if the quality off the stuff you use and the brewing temperature are optimal then it's a very, very slim chance anyone will notice any conclusive difference.

 

Posted by: Indrid Site 2007-04-19

My wire wisk doesn't produce the same results as an electric one. And there's considerably more effort involed. But it's a bug step up from the ghetto lattes I've been making. Thanks

 

Posted by: GWEN 2007-07-17

GOOD DIRECTIONS, BUT MENTION OF FLY IS REVOLTING.

 

Posted by: Heinrich 2007-10-14

Hi friend,
Thanks 4 ur kind advise, no neec to go to coffe bean anymore.

Horas.
Heinrich

 

Posted by: martin 2008-01-18

Jattegott! tack fran Skottland!

 

Posted by: iris 2008-01-27

buon giorno. you made my day. i just returned from rome and have a craving for the cafe lattes that i experienced there. got up this morning and asked jeeves how to do it, got sent to your really cute site. grazie mille.

 

Posted by: creeperette 2008-06-23

THANKS!! this is better than Starbucks!

 




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