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  • #16
    Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

    Originally posted by Michelle link=1220920969/0#8 date=1220926917
    Originally posted by rice link=1220920969/0#7 date=1220926285
    Cortado?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortado
    http://coffeegeek.com/forums/members/recipes/17533
    Ahh, that makes more sense. So basically, equal parts espresso and milk - but the milk shouldnt have any microfoam at all?
    Ive also heard this concoction called a mezza-mezza. My Italian is a bit dodgy, but I think it means level-level, as in mezzanine.

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    • #17
      Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

      Originally posted by GrindOnDemand link=1220920969/0#15 date=1221022842
      Originally posted by Michelle link=1220920969/0#8 date=1220926917
      Originally posted by rice link=1220920969/0#7 date=1220926285
      Cortado?

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortado
      http://coffeegeek.com/forums/members/recipes/17533
      Ahh, that makes more sense. So basically, equal parts espresso and milk - but the milk shouldnt have any microfoam at all?
      Ive also heard this concoction called a mezza-mezza.  My Italian is a bit dodgy, but I think it means level-level, as in mezzanine.
      Or if you get your coffee from the old Aromas franchise they call it a Bongo.

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      • #18
        Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

        mezzo - meaning half

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        • #19
          Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

          Originally posted by jimmyb link=1220920969/0#17 date=1221024262
          mezzo - meaning half
          Well, I was kinda close Josh! ;D

          Apparently its Dean Merlos choice of brekky drink.

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          • #20
            Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

            now Sugar High must be from Newcastle ;D
            you feel like you have won the lottery when you get a coffee that tastes like coffee huh

            Darren

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            • #21
              Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

              Originally posted by GrindOnDemand link=1220920969/0#18 date=1221025743
              Originally posted by jimmyb link=1220920969/0#17 date=1221024262
              mezzo - meaning half
              Well, I was kinda close Josh! ;D

              Apparently its Dean Merlos choice of brekky drink.
              Yeah its basically half a cap
              or a cap in a 90ml cup.

              A piccolo latte in the 90ml glass would be exactly the same. Piccolo latte gets you alot of different sizes from diff cafes though.

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              • #22
                Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

                Must be a Novacastrian thing.

                I asked for a latte made on a double ristretto base at Deck 56 Belmont (my underhanded technique to reduce the chance of over-shot bitter coffee at cafes). The guy looked at me puzzled and asked quietly "whats a ristretto?", and then went away and had a discussion behind the counter with another guy who proceeded to bring me a totally gorgeous doppio ristretto, and suggested I ask for a cataldo next time. Which he described as meaning cut with milk.

                Except what I really wanted was not a cataldo, but a double ristretto base made up to a normal sized latte at the normal ratios. Which Im sure has no other name than fussy ladys drink. But hey, Id grab another doppio ristretto from the same barista any day there now - no need for my safe cafe drink when hes on.

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                • #23
                  Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

                  I know it as a Cortado - spanish for cut. Like a halfway point between a mach and a pic.

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                  • #24
                    Re: cataldo, ristretto, piccolo latte. difference?

                    Originally posted by Pioneer Roaster link=1220920969/0#16 date=1221023891
                    Originally posted by GrindOnDemand link=1220920969/0#15 date=1221022842
                    Originally posted by Michelle link=1220920969/0#8 date=1220926917
                    Originally posted by rice link=1220920969/0#7 date=1220926285
                    Cortado?

                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortado
                    http://coffeegeek.com/forums/members/recipes/17533
                    Ahh, that makes more sense. So basically, equal parts espresso and milk - but the milk shouldnt have any microfoam at all?
                    Ive also heard this concoction called a mezza-mezza.  My Italian is a bit dodgy, but I think it means level-level, as in mezzanine.
                    Or if you get your coffee from the old Aromas franchise they call it a Bongo.
                    I used to work at the Aromas in the Darwin airport.  Every now and then someone would enquire as to what a Bongo was and Id just say "Honestly, I dont know.  No one has ever ordered one!". I know it was explained to me on my first day, but I soon forgot as I never had to make one.

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