How to Get More Espresso Crema: Are Cappuccinos and Lattes Considered Espresso Coffee?

Espresso coffee is the preferred choice for many coffee enthusiasts beginning their journey, offering a rich, full-bodied texture that evokes pleasant imagery with the smoothness of milk. Cappuccino and latte are essential espresso beverages that must be ordered at any coffee shop. Italian cappuccino begins with premium espresso, followed by meticulously frothed milk.

What Coffee Beans Make Perfect Cappuccino?

FrontStreet Coffee's preferred coffee selections are all their own house blends, such as the Warm Sun Sherry and Red Cherry blend, specialty coffee blends, and commercial blends, all of which are highly suitable for espresso coffee with excellent crema.

Coffee and Milk

When it comes to cappuccino, besides coffee, milk is the primary ingredient of the beverage.

When determining the most suitable coffee beans and optimal roasted components, these two elements must be kept in mind.

Milk is sweet, which significantly affects the taste of the beverage. Therefore, simply creating an ordinary blended coffee (even an aromatic blend with good classic medium roast) cannot guarantee a good cappuccino.

Finally, to ensure it can satisfy many people's tastes and consider the various preferences of global consumers, we must find a symbiotic relationship between appropriate blending and ideal cappuccino roasting.

Different Consumer Groups

Northern European consumers prefer sour and sweet flavors, while Southern European and North American consumers prefer richer, more balanced flavors. We Asians prefer richer and even bitter caramel flavors.

Therefore, an ideal cappuccino coffee that appeals to all consumers can follow these points:

Blended Coffee

The coffee used must have high acidity, able to penetrate the alkalinity of milk; this must be supported by mellow coffee in the blend to increase intensity and overcome milk's obstruction of typical coffee flavors.

Roasting

The roast level must be strong enough to produce rich aroma and leave an imprint on the beverage, allowing the coffee's flavor and aroma to emerge from the milk, ensuring their dominance and persistence.

"Latte Art"

In the late 1970s, an Italian barista's eclectic creativity created clever decorations based on hearts, leaves, and apples on cappuccinos.

Later, this art form became known as "latte art."

Italians immediately associated the term "latte art" with everything related to cappuccino decoration, naturally assuming its literal meaning was "milk art" or "the art of milk."

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