Espresso Macchiato
An espresso "stained" with a small dollop of steamed milk foam.
Method
Espresso
Typical volume
40 ml
Caffeine
65 mg
A reference figure for the drink, not a measurement of your cup.
Espresso Macchiato preparation
- Pull a single espresso (9g in, 18g out) into a 60-90ml cup.
- Steam 50-60ml of milk to a wet, glossy foam at 60-65°C - you only need a spoonful of it.
- Drop 10-15ml of foam into the centre of the crema, leaving a pale mark.
A macchiato is espresso marked with milk, not a milk drink. If more than a fifth of the cup is milk you have made a piccolo.
What makes it
More espresso drinks
Log it, and the caffeine with it
Log every espresso macchiato you make and the app works out the caffeine. On iPhone it writes to Apple Health.
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