There is an article in the Age http://tinyurl.com/l3vkt
which started a discussion in a newsgroup Im in. This is what a person wrote:
I drink Macchiato which Starbucks <bluh> and others in their ignorance define as: Espresso Macchiato as "1 shot of espresso in a demitasse [topped with] a small dollop of foamed milk. About.com Macchiato Definition: A shot of espresso with just a dab of steamed or foamed milk on top.
Wrong! Wrong!
I have given up on being made a proper macchiato so now I order a long or short black with a tiny bit of COLD milk on the side and I make it into a macchiato myself.
True macchiato: Expresso with about one or two teaspoons of COLD milk which are gently poured down at the side of the glass and the milk will seen to sink to the bottom of the glass.
No definitely no GODDAMN hot milk thank you or even that DAMN obligatory fey bit of milk froth on top!
It may seem fussy but any hot milk or its froth does alter the flavour of the coffee considerably.
So, I wondered if hes right? I do remember my father drinking his coffee in exactly the same way he does (he just called it coffee ;D) and I also remember reading his description somewhere, but cant remember where, or what it was called.
I just looked in John Doyles book, he says: a dollop of foam and/or a dash of hot or cold milk. No mention of pouring it down the side of the glass.
which started a discussion in a newsgroup Im in. This is what a person wrote:
I drink Macchiato which Starbucks <bluh> and others in their ignorance define as: Espresso Macchiato as "1 shot of espresso in a demitasse [topped with] a small dollop of foamed milk. About.com Macchiato Definition: A shot of espresso with just a dab of steamed or foamed milk on top.
Wrong! Wrong!
I have given up on being made a proper macchiato so now I order a long or short black with a tiny bit of COLD milk on the side and I make it into a macchiato myself.
True macchiato: Expresso with about one or two teaspoons of COLD milk which are gently poured down at the side of the glass and the milk will seen to sink to the bottom of the glass.
No definitely no GODDAMN hot milk thank you or even that DAMN obligatory fey bit of milk froth on top!
It may seem fussy but any hot milk or its froth does alter the flavour of the coffee considerably.
So, I wondered if hes right? I do remember my father drinking his coffee in exactly the same way he does (he just called it coffee ;D) and I also remember reading his description somewhere, but cant remember where, or what it was called.
I just looked in John Doyles book, he says: a dollop of foam and/or a dash of hot or cold milk. No mention of pouring it down the side of the glass.
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