• Paradachshund@lemmy.today
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    Is an Italian latte really with cold milk?

    I used to work in coffee in Seattle and around there a latte is also steamed milk. The difference between a latte and a cappuccino is the amount of foam to milk ratio.

    Latte is mostly milk with a topping of foam. Cappuccino is half foam half milk (and some people like even more foam in their cappuccinos).

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      2 months ago

      Those terms are an American invention. As for Italy

      • Latte = plain old milk. Can be cold or hot, it’s milk
      • Caffelatte = probably the origin of the American “latte”, literally means coffee and milk, usually made and home with cold or hot milk and moka coffee
      • Latte macchiato = big cup of milk, frothy on top, with a shot of espresso in it
      • Caffè macchiato = espresso with a shot of milk, can be frothy
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        2 months ago

        Certainly the origin of the American “latte” is the latte macchiato, because that’s exactly what you receive if you order “a latte” in the US.

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        2 months ago

        Interesting, thanks for the info! What is moka coffee? Mocha here means a latte with chocolate basically. Sometimes with whipped cream instead of foam.

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          2 months ago

          Coffee made with a Moka pot

          What you call mocha should actually be called Mocaccino, although it’s more similar to what we call Marocchino in Italy. They’re both derived from the “Bicerin”, a drink typical of Turin.

          Marocchino is like a Cappuccino with powdered cocoa (mix the espresso and cocoa before pouring the milk).

          Mocaccino is instead made up of three layers, a layer of melted chocolate, then a layer of espresso, then a layer of frothy milk.

          Afaik they’re not massively popular in Italy, but here in the north I see Marocchino more often than Mocaccino.

          PS: if you want to pronounce them correctly, “chi” and “che” are pronounced “ki” and “ke”, while “ci” and “ce” are pronounced “chi” and “che”.

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            2 months ago

            It sounds like an American mocha is most similar to the mocaccino, since we mostly use a thick chocolate sauce for the chocolate, not cocoa powder.