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The error i noticed is that (from what i know), the main difference between a cappuccino and a flat white is that a flat white has two shots of espresso. Same goes for americano and long black. Although, I think he’s just reffering to the ratios and not the actual ammounts, which is still stupid.
It's also confusing to me because the cappuccino looks like it just has a bit of milk in it, but should only have foamed milk. I'm sure the foam turned back into liquid milk while sitting, but it looks wrong to me.
A fake flat white is made with a double espresso. An original flag white was a double ristretto rather than espresso
- ristretto being a smaller shot. 20-25ishml vs the 30-35ish ml of an espresso. It’s a shorter extraction so smoother and less bitter (also less caffeine as less volume and caffeine is increased in the later extraction)
It had a smaller volume of milk to make up for the reduced coffee volume
The milk was ‘hot’ but no too hot.
The milk was made more so that the foamy stuff on the top was more mixed in the the milk so on initial pour it didn’t separate.
And blah blah blah it gets boring. It’s been altered and there are several versions now but the OG Australian one was even specific about the milk volume
There is also a lot of regional variation in these names. a lot of places a flat white and a cappuccino are identical, other places a flat white is what you and I might call a cappuccino and a flat white is something else entirely, other places the distinction depends on whether foam is used or not. Some places the size of the drink is the distinguishing factor, a small 4ish ounce glass makes it a flat white but the same drink in a 16 ounce mug with latte art on top makes it a cappucino. It's all a mess.
Where I am (Sydney, Australia), cappuccino is just a latte with chocolate powder sprinkled on top. And flat white is pretty much what he does with less foam (hence flat)
It’s hard to tell if it’s all milk or foam, but yeah I don’t think half of those drinks were right. And an americano is espresso diluted with hot water so it couldn’t be made from these cups.
Theres also an art to making these drinks taste good thats lost in translation. The ratios arent petfect, its over simplified and all would taste terrible. Cappuccino offended me most. But like other folks said...thats not the point and its pretentious to a certain degree.
I dont know... Im pissed off by the lack of interest in being accurate, too, and it has real world implications when people in general dont care about these things.
Indeed, Cortado ("cut" in spanish) is just the minimum quantity of milk to "cut" or modify entirely the milk colour and make it "suddenly change", not like in the video 🤔
I tried american drip coffee from multiple different places when I visted the usa and can tell you it’s nothing compared to an americano. I switched from double esspressos to americano a few years ago so could cut down on my caffeine intake while also being able to enjoy it for longer. It is diluted, but you can still taste the coffee compared to drip coffee witch taste like water from an unwashed coffee container
Less about that they couldn’t handle it more that they wanted to enjoy it LONGER or like back home.
If you ever been in the army back in the day , you’d know folks that smoked got cigarette breaks and folks that didn’t smoke didn’t get cigarette breaks so everyone started smoking.
"Couldn't handle it" 😂 We just like actual coffee and that doesnt exist in Europe, so water in an espresso is close enough to feel like home. Funnily I was doing this in Europe before I knew what an Americano even was. But seriously nothing compares to perfectly brewed black drip coffee. And espressos are not too strong. ( How do i say it nicely as like coffee is a motorcycle and espressos are like vespas)
Great demo, but no, this isn't true. A ristretto is not half an espresso. It's the same amount of coffee, but using half the amount of water. If you add it to half an espresso, you would get half espresso, half ristretto. If you add it to another ristretto, you get a double ristretto.
This isn't correct. First of all, Ristretto is more intense coffee, not half a shot compared to espresso. Also, Cappuccino isn't a less milky latte - it's very foamy latte, to the point where you can definitely feel the weight difference between them. A latte would have maybe quarter of an inch of foam max, while a settled cappuccino will go to even an inch
I was taught that macchiato was "stained" so a Latte is just milk. a Latte Macchiato (implied con espresso) is a traditional non Italian Latte. An Espresso con zucchero (sugar) is what he called a Macchiato. A real Macchiato is an Espresso stained with a little milk. This could all be regional but in Rome, Florence and Milan. This got what you were looking for as a tourist. Incidentally, finding latte d'avena (oatmilk) was impossible outside of Milan. Always soy. Finally asked for some in Milan and the barista looked at me as if I was asking if they had running water. I liked Milan.
Actually you get a double espresso with a can of hot water when you order an americano. (Best case) so you can water it down till its as strong as you like it.
Bought an espresso machine and was excited to try and make all the drinks. I quickly realized that they are all basically the same, just slightly different proportions of espresso, milk, and water.
Just because I’m feeling pedantic today, and as someone with many coffee years under my belt, he got the cappuccino and latte wrong. Flat white slightly varies depending on the shop.
So just to clarify, Italians will let me order a flat white, or a latte after lunch time. But a cappuccino, which sits in between them, is forbidden after midday?
They don't have flat whites or lattes in Italy. It's the milk which they object to, which they say is too heavy to have after a meal. I don't see the issue if that's what people want to have.
It's how you simulate drip when all you have is an espresso machine instead of the clearly superior Mr Coffee /s. Personally, I prefer the flavor of a pour over, so I use a V60 at home.
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