--- title: Brief encyclopaedia of coffee specialities description: "Brief overview of some milk-based coffee specialities: Café au lait: This is a long espresso, a dou­ble espresso or a fil­ter cof­fee with hot milk. A café au lait con­tains equal amounts of milk and cof­fee." image: https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2006/HocIns_No_6_DI_Kleines-Lexikon-von-milchbasierten-Kaffeespezialitaeten.png --- [![Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png?width=280&name=Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png "Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB")](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [DE](https://inside.hochdorf.com/de) - [EN](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [Corporate Website](https://www.hochdorf.com/) ![HOC_Ins_Header](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Header/Bimbosan/HOC_Ins_Header.jpg?width=1500&name=HOC_Ins_Header.jpg "HOC_Ins_Header") ## [Brief encyclopaedia of coffee specialities](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/brief-encyclopaedia-of-coffee-specialities) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) - May 18, 2018 - - - ![Brief overview of some milk-based coffee specialities](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2006/HocIns_No_6_DI_Kleines-Lexikon-von-milchbasierten-Kaffeespezialitaeten.png?width=750&name=HocIns_No_6_DI_Kleines-Lexikon-von-milchbasierten-Kaffeespezialitaeten.png) Brief overview of some milk-based coffee specialities **Café au lait ** This is a long espresso, a dou­ble espresso or a fil­ter cof­fee with hot milk. A café au lait con­tains equal amounts of milk and cof­fee. **Café crème** Café crème is made from freshly milled cof­fee beans. The roasted blend is sig­nif­i­cantly lighter than espresso. Pour­ing cream is usu­ally added to café crème. **Caffè latte** A clas­sic caffè latte is made from a dou­ble ­espresso with the ad­di­tion of lots of frothy milk. The lightly frothed milk gives this cof­fee three dif­fer­ent lay­ers: milk, espresso, frothy milk. The first step is to froth the milk lightly in a jug. The milk and milk froth are then poured into a cup be­fore the dou­ble espresso is care­fully added through the frothy top­ping. The espresso must be warmer than the milk to allow it to set­tle be­tween the milk and the milk froth. **Latte mac­chi­ato** In con­trast to a caffè latte, latte mac­chi­ato only con­tains a sin­gle shot of espresso and a cor­re­spond­ingly larger quan­tity of frothy milk. It makes up a third of the cof­fee. Latte mac­chi­ato is also usu­ally served in a tall glass with three vis­i­ble lay­ers, like caffè latte. **Caffè mocha ** Caffè mocha is an Ital­ian espresso spe­cial­ity. It com­prises one third espresso, one third choco­late or one to two desert spoons of choco­late syrup and one third hot, frothy milk. The choco­late and the high pro­por­tion of milk gives caffè mocha a very mild, sweet flavour. **Cap­puc­cino** Cap­puc­cino is an Ital­ian cof­fee spe­cial­ity. It is made of equal parts of espresso, hot milk and frothy milk. It is usu­ally served in a spe­cial, thick cap­puc­cino cup with choco­late pow­der sprin­kled on the frothy milk. **Iced cof­fee**  The first in­gre­di­ents are two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a tall glass A cold espresso is then poured over the ice cream and dec­o­rated with whipped cream and choco­late curls. **Espresso con panna**  This is a clas­sic espresso topped with whipped cream. **Espresso granità ** The espresso is mixed with [sugar](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/baby-care/glossary/glossar-detail/term/sugars/) and frozen, be­fore being crushed into small pieces and served with whipped cream. --- - Fur­ther in­for­ma­tion - Ar­ti­cle ["Milk pow­der for cof­fee cap­sule ma­chines"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/milk-powder-for-coffee-capsule-machines?hsLang=en) - Short ar­ti­cle ["The per­fect cof­fee"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/the-perfect-coffee?hsLang=en) ## Leave a comment ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) Written by [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/monique-inderbitzin) ### Posts by Topic - [Baby Care (42)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/baby-care) - [Food Solutions (30)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/food-solutions) - [Nutrition & Innovation (14)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/nutrition-innovation) - [Corporate (3)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/corporate) ### Recent Articles ### Popular Articles #### Related posts [![VIOPLUS from HOCHDORF: the vegan milk powder alternative for the chocolate industry](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Online%20Artikel/Dairy%20Ingredients/HSN_Inside_Header_Ackerbohnen.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/vioplus-from-hochdorf-the-vegan-milk-powder-alternative-for-the-chocolate-industry?hsLang=en) ##### [VIOPLUS from HOCHDORF: the vegan milk powder alternative for the chocolate industry](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/vioplus-from-hochdorf-the-vegan-milk-powder-alternative-for-the-chocolate-industry?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/vioplus-from-hochdorf-the-vegan-milk-powder-alternative-for-the-chocolate-industry/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - July 4, 2023 [![Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Online%20Artikel/Dairy%20Ingredients/HocIns_Header_Laktoseintoleranz.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ##### [Lactose tolerance – part of our European cultural heritage](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/actose-tolerance-part-of-our-european-cultural-heritage/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - February 8, 2023 [![Sharing knowledge for best results in chocolate production](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgaben%20Online/HOC_Ins_Header_CF_CM_Chocolate_Application_Center_Trial_15.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/sharing-knowledge-for-best-results-in-chocolate-production?hsLang=en) ##### [Sharing knowledge for best results in chocolate production](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/sharing-knowledge-for-best-results-in-chocolate-production?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/sharing-knowledge-for-best-results-in-chocolate-production/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - December 14, 2022 #### Contact Hochdorf Holding Ltd Siedereistrasse 9 Post office box 691 6281 Hochdorf Switzerland +41 41 914 65 65 [hochdorf@hochdorf.com](mailto:hochdorf@hochdorf.com) - - #### Site map - [Home](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/) - [Company](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/company/about-us/) - [Investors](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/investors/reports-presentations/) - [Media](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/media/press-releases/) - [Career](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/career/) - [Contact](https://hochdorf.com/en/contact/) #### Newsletter Subscription [![Subscribe to our newsletter](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2) [![Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png?width=4167&name=Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png "Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg")](https://www.hochdorf.com/en) © Hochdorf Ltd [Privacy Policy](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/privacy-policy/)  I  [Imprint](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/imprint/)