How to make a latte at home

Latte coffee drink originally from Italy spread around the world. Today it can be ordered in almost any coffee shop. And this is not surprising, because the delicate taste and beautiful presentation will not leave indifferent even the most sophisticated connoisseur. Traditionally, lattes are made from espresso, which is produced by means of a coffee machine. However, many are interested in how to make an invigorating drink at home without special equipment. Let's talk about everything in order, we select the main thing.

Coffee Latte: a classic of the genre

• high boiling water - 130 ml.
• ground coffee (medium roast) - 25 gr.
• high fat milk - 260 ml.

1. Prepare in advance high glasses with a handle on the leg. After bottling the drink is served together with a long spoon. First you need to brew coffee.The most delicious latte is obtained from Arabica and Robusta in the ratio of 80:20.
2. To do this, use the Turk or geyzernoy coffee maker. If there is neither one nor the other, take granulated coffee and brew it. It is important to make a strong espresso, on the basis of which the latte will be created.
3. Pour the milk in a saucepan, heat it on the stove. You can not bring the product to a boil, just warm it up to 60-70 degrees. You can carry out the procedure through a microwave, you must put a glass of milk in the cavity of the device for 45 seconds.
4. After warming up, beat the drink in a thick foam, use a blender or mixer. Work the device carefully for at least 5 minutes. Latte foam is 2-2.5 times lush than cappuccino. You can use a french press for whipping, act on your own.
5. Prepare a glass for latte, pour the milk into it. Using a spoon, place the foam that remains in the blender / blender on top. Take a brewed espresso, start pouring it in a thin stream into the center of the glass.
6. Try to add coffee so that the milk remains untouched. According to the rules of preparation, the dark layer is located between the froth and the milk mixture. After all the manipulations, sprinkle the cap of the drink with ground chocolate or cocoa with cinnamon.

Latte Macchiato

• granulated sugar - 40-50 gr.
• fat milk (from 2.5%) - 165 ml.
• Ready Espresso - 60 ml.

1. Heat the milk in any convenient way, you need to achieve a temperature of 65-70 degrees. You can not boil the composition, otherwise it will not scramble.
2. After warming up, add sugar, the amount is added at discretion. As a rule, 40 grams are enough. to get the necessary sweetness. Stir, wait for the granules to dissolve.
3. Prepare espresso in a coffee maker, a Turk or in any other convenient way. You can brew freeze-dried coffee if there are no other options.
4. Beat the sweetened milk with a mixer or blender, the treatment should last at least 3 minutes. When you beat the compound into a dense foam (it should not fall off), proceed to the next step.
5. Prepare a tall glass, fill it to 2/3. Lay the foam on top with a teaspoon. Now you need to pour hot coffee. Lower the spoon so that it reaches the milk layer.
6. Begin to pour a thin stream of coffee on the handle of the cutlery. Latte Macchiato ready. Decorate the hat with vanilla sugar, coconut chips, grated chocolate or cinnamon.

Chocolate Latte with Syrup

• strong espresso - 65 ml.
• blueberry or raspberry syrup - 55 ml.
• fat milk - 170 ml.
• chocolate topping - for decoration

1. Wash the glass with a handle, scald with boiling water. Cool the syrup, pour it to the bottom of the glass. Now heat the milk in a water bath or in a microwave, achieve a temperature of 75 degrees.
2. Beat the milk with a mixer at high speed for 1 minute. You can use a french press for this purpose or a blender. The main thing is to get the output thick dense foam.
3. Pour 60 ml. milk, add it to the syrup and mix, do not smudge the walls of the glass. The remains of whipped milk gently pour the second layer.
4. Make an espresso in Turku or use brewed freeze-dried coffee. Pour a hot drink into the glass with a thin stream. Now with a spoon lay out a frothy hat.
5. Pour it at room temperature topping or use melted chocolate. Cinnamon powder or powdered sugar. Serve with a coffee spoon.

Latte with liqueur and cocoa

• high fat milk - 245 ml.
• cocoa powder - 2 pinches
• ground coffee - 25 gr.
• salt - 1 pinch
• water - 180 ml.
• granulated sugar - 12-15 gr.
• liquor "Beyliz" - 30 ml.

1. Prepare a glass for a latte, it should have a handle and a high leg (preferably). Scald the glass with boiling water, wipe dry, pour in "Beilis". Heat the milk to 60 degrees, in no case bring to a boil.
2. Beat the milk mass with a mixer to get a thick foam. You can use a blender, in which case the processing time should not be less than 4 minutes. Pour the milk into a glass of liqueur.
3. Start brewing coffee, you need to get a strong espresso. Prepare a Turk, pour salt into it on the tip of a knife and ground coffee. Warm up on low power for 10 seconds while mixing the bulk composition.
4. Pour cold drinking water to salt. Heat until coffee rises. When the drink boiled, remove the Turk from the stove. Begin to pour the hot composition into the milk. Act carefully, the layers should not be mixed.
5. Coffee should be added to the center of the foam mass, it will be distributed over the milk (exactly in the middle). Draw a heart or a fir-tree on foam, sprinkle with cocoa powder. Serve with a long spoon.

Latte Instant

• Milk of high fat content - 170 ml.
• strong espresso - 60 ml.
• granulated sugar - 30 gr.
• ground cinnamon, cocoa powder or vanillin - for decoration

1. First, bring the milk to a temperature of 65 degrees. To do this, use a water bath or microwave. Do not allow boiling, but at the same time achieve a high temperature.
2. Beat the milk with a mixer or blender, you need to get a very viscous creamy foam. Cook espresso in the Turk, if there is such an opportunity. Otherwise, brew boiled water sublimated coffee.
3. Prepare a glass for latte, it should have a long leg and a handle. Scald the dishes with hot water, wipe off. Pour in milk, add sugar to the bottom, do not mix. Start adding coffee.
4. Pour the drink, holding the Turk at a distance of 10 cm from the glass. You should hit the center precisely, add the component in a thin stream. It is convenient to mix layers by inserting a knife into a glass. When the coffee forms another row, make a hat.
5. Scoop the foam with a spoon, send it to the glass. Pour melted chocolate over the cap, sprinkle with powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, cocoa powder or vanilla.

Italian latte without sugar

• Espresso - 60 ml.
• milk - 165 ml.

1. Pour the milk into a saucepan, put on the stove and warm well. You need to achieve a temperature regime of about 70 degrees, the mixture should not boil.
2. Begin to beat the milk drink intensively with a mixer or a blender, the whisk will not work for this purpose. If you do not have the necessary household appliances, it is better to use a french press.
3. The main thing for you is to get a uniform thick creamy creamy foam. Pour the milk into a glass, scalded with boiling water, leave the foam for the next step.
4. Prepare an espresso, pour it in a hot stream into the center of the milk. Now put the foam in a tablespoon, make a hat. Dust with sugar or vanilla (optional).
5. You can make a zebra drink. To do this, dilute citric acid according to the instructions. Then pour the coffee and milk into the glass one by one. Add acid after each layer. Put a hat on top, sprinkle with cinnamon.

Prepare a latte using classic technology, use Arabica and Robusta espresso. Make a coffee drink Makiato, look at the recipes with the addition of raspberry or blueberry syrup.Decorate a hat with cocoa powder, vanilla, crushed cinnamon or powdered sugar. Coffee is sweetened with personal preferences, you can use a natural substitute - stevia. Italian drink is prepared without sweetener.

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