Milk Drinks

Almost every drink on a café menu is a different balance of two ingredients: espresso and milk. Change the ratio, the milk texture, and the cup size, and one shot of espresso becomes a latte, a cappuccino, a flat white, or a cortado.

A cappuccino is roughly equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and foam. A latte adds much more steamed milk and a thin cap of microfoam. A flat white is smaller and stronger, with velvety milk. A cortado cuts espresso with an equal splash of milk. Once you see drinks as ratios, the whole menu makes sense — and our comparison guides give you the exact numbers.