How to make an Old School Cappuccino

Extra Pointers
- The video uses a 14oz pitcher, 6oz cup, whole milk and a double shot espresso
- The steamed milk consistency should be frothed to the max where the milk and froth ratio is close to 1:1 in the pitcher.
- Since you are using very little milk to steam, the milk will quickly reach a high temperature leading to a quick steam.

[annalang]

This is exactly how you used to get Cappuccino in Italy. The brown ring around the foam is where the name comes from - named after the cappuccini monks.

[MWHomeImprovement]

I love the explanation of stretching milk while incorporating it

[terezagaluskova]

Finally somebody now diference between cappuccino and cafe latte

[gregorsamsa]

this is how a cappuccino was made when I used to work in a cafe as recently as 2016. it would be noticably lighter in weight than a latte when you picked it up. what I see people calling modern cappuccinos would've been sent back because people would've thought I messed up and made them a latte

[yolanda]

As a barista i usually just tilt the cup with the shot and pour the foamed milk very very close to the drink so that mostly the foam at the top comes out, then as you keep pouring the foam just keeps coming because of water’s adhesion properties and it turns out pretty much like this. It’s not usually as perfect of a foam circle but it works.

[rehancoffee]

most cafes in Indonesia descend the coffee culture from Australia, so we didn't really get the old fashioned experience from Italian culture.

[ozzy_fromhell]

I added too much micro foam to my coffee now I can’t stop singing

[rd-Wave_Rebel]

Now this the real cappuccino! It has a foamy cap on top! Nowadays, all milk based espresso drinks look identical. Whether be it Latte, Flat White or Cappuccino!

[lrmorgan]

A more efficient spoon method is to use a spoutless pitcher (or pour from the side), pour quickly, and use a large spoon with a flat end to scoop the foam out while finishing the pour. I've worked with skilled old-school baristas who could do this pour in <3 seconds.

[rxonmymind]

I've made this for my wife for 20 years. Didn't know it was old school. Lol. I've just never been a good foam maker. I make teddy bears with that foam, hearts and so forth. Sometimes a very tall mountain too. Foam can be fun.

[YaroLord]

woah, straight to the point and without a dozen useless overpriced gadgets in the middle - bravo 👏

[mamaharumi]

I absolutely love foamy capps. Wish more cafes offered them on the menu.

[TheHabadababa]

When I started drinking coffee I always asked my dad to do it like this since I drank it with sugar and the part where the foam mixed with coffee was still pretty bitter.

[ForHeShallSave]

If you spin the capp and pour from the base, it will centre the foam anyway. Making a lovely, all round creme.

[tj]

This is how I make cappuccinos ! 1:1:1 ration espresso milk and foam 😊

[cervandes]

Old style cappuccino without a spood is the way to go. If you can keep a good consistency on the micro-foam your beverage is on a whole other level.

[ambientdrift]

The best! Been drinking them all my life like this

[susyyqt.]

I always did it like this since I wasn't too good at latte art especially with cappuccino 😅

[TheAwesomeadam]

Yup, I just spent 2 weeks in italy and everywhere I went it, there was a thick layer of foam on the top. I prefer making them the latte way now but ill occasionally make a classic.

[clericneokun]

I once read an opinion piece from the early 2000s that pushed for the revival of traditional coffee drinks instead of the "modern culture" that starbucks established. Ironically, this same author would also put microfoam and latte art above everything else (even tradition). Fast forward to a decade later and we got 3rd wave shops that serve caffe latte and cappuccino that are indistinguishable from one another because baristas would rather adjust the ratios of a cappuccino if it meant they can show off their latte art skills.