Cappuccino

The Italian coffee variant cappuccino was originally from Vienna. Vienna is also known as the coffee capital of Europe. Cappuccino comprises 1/3rd of espresso, milk and milk foam. According to your own preferences you can sprinkle cinnamon or cocoa powder on the cup of cappuccino. In Italy people drink cappuccino often at breakfast with a cornetto (sweet croissant).

Cappuccino

Cappuccino in traditional coffee countries has been seen for many years as part of breakfast. Nowadays we drink cappuccino at any time of day. The name cappuccino refers to the color of the habit (pillar) of marrowfat monks. These monks themselves got their name from the caps (cappuccio’) of their habit. Cappuccino consists of three equal parts espresso, hot milk and foam.

Cappuccino senza schiuma

This cappuccino variant consists out of cappuccino without foam. The drink is therefore actually only espresso and hot steamed milk. This is similar to a caffè latte.

Cappuccino chiaro and cappuccino scuro

Cappuccino chiaro contains a smaller proportion of coffee and a larger share of milk than in ordinary cappuccino. Because of this, the drink is also called light cappuccino or wet cappuccino. With cappuccino scuro you actually serve more espresso and less milk. This version is therefore darker.

Serving cappuccino

Watch the video to learn how to serve a nice cappuccino:

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