Latte at home without a coffee machine

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Latte originally appeared in Italy. It was served for breakfast like regular cocoa, but over time the exquisite taste of the latte was appreciated and now this coffee has become a real delicacy for true gourmets.

But to get a latte and, moreover, without a coffee machine - not everyone will believe that this is possible. Meanwhile, the recipe for this delicious, aromatic coffee, prepared with your own hands, is quite simple. To do this you need:

• Water – 130–150 ml.
• Ground coffee – 20–25 g.
• Milk 3.2% - 250 ml.
• Sugar - to taste.
• Chocolate, cinnamon (optional).

Step-by-step steps for making latte at home without a coffee machine

Latte is a very delicate coffee and consists of three layers: milk-coffee-foam. Each stage of its preparation should be treated very carefully - of course, if you want to get a real Italian drink, and not ordinary coffee with milk.

• First of all, you need to brew coffee using any known method. The ground one is brewed in a Turk; the regular instant one just needs to be poured with boiling water.But to prepare a tasty drink, it is of course better to use more expensive varieties and, moreover, it is advisable to choose stronger coffee.

Important! Coffee should be hotter than milk, so the Turk, so that the coffee does not cool down so quickly after preparation, can be placed in a bowl of warm water.

• We heat the milk to a temperature of 50-70 degrees - the fattier the milk, the better the foam, do not forget about this. You can heat milk in the microwave. At this stage, sugar is sometimes added to the milk - but this is not necessary. In Italy, this drink is preferred in its “pure” form.

Important! Be sure to ensure that the milk does not boil, otherwise it will be more difficult to get foam.

• Prepare the foam. Pour the milk into any convenient container and beat for about 3-5 minutes with a mixer until you get an airy foam.

Reference! A French press is often used to obtain foam. Just shake the milk until foamy using the press itself.

• Pour the milk into a glass, followed by the coffee and you're done. – and, according to popular wisdom, this is much easier said than done. Adding coffee is the most crucial moment of the entire procedure. This is what determines whether you end up with a real latte or something more like cocoa. The coffee should not come into contact with the foam, so it should be poured slowly in a very thin stream along the edge of the glass. The result was three clearly visible layers. To ensure that the layers are visible and the drink is not only tasty but also beautifully presented, it is advisable to use a special tall Irish glass.

Reference! You can add coffee by lowering a teaspoon to the very top of the foam and pouring it into the center of the spoon.

• Sugar - to taste and now everything is ready.

How can you diversify this drink?

For decoration and a more refined taste, you can sprinkle the latte with cinnamon or grated chocolate. On hot summer days, it is especially pleasant to taste Ice Latte, for which ice is added to the glass before preparation.

But of course, the most common way to diversify this drink is to add syrup - it makes the latte even more tasty and unusual.

Varieties of coffee latte prepared at home.

With the addition of Irish Cream syrup

Gives coffee a pleasant creamy taste. The preparation method is the same, only slightly cool syrup is poured into the glass before adding milk.

Blueberry syrup as a treat

To give the drink an unusual taste and pleasant aroma, you need 50 ml of blueberry syrup. It should be added in the same way - before starting cooking and slightly cool.

Latte special

What makes this coffee special is 1 tbsp. l. Baileys liqueur. The recipe is slightly different: before adding the liqueur, the glass needs to be heated in warm water. The method of preparing coffee also has its own peculiarity: you must immediately remove the pot from the heat as soon as foam appears, so that the coffee does not boil.

With invigorating cinnamon and vanilla

The cooking method is standard. The only difference is that cinnamon is added to the Turk along with vanilla sugar. The taste is very soft, for real gourmets. And cinnamon not only gives the drink a pleasant aroma, but also improves metabolism and helps maintain shape.

Classic art latte

The simplest and most beautiful way. It is enough to prepare coffee, heat the milk - always to a temperature of 60-65 - whisk it, but this time pour the milk into the coffee.But if a regular latte in this case is quite simple to prepare, then its second point - getting a picture - is not so easy to cope with.

The easiest way to get a beautiful design is to use a stencil; professionals often use a toothpick to create a design, with which they can create a whole work of art.

General recommendations for making coffee

To summarize, we can once again recall that to obtain a tasty drink, ground coffee of expensive varieties, medium roast, and milk with a fat content of 3.2% are best suited.

Do everything gradually, paying special attention to adding coffee, and over time the process of making a latte at home will bring only joy and the most pleasant memories of traveling to beautiful Italy.