How to Make a Cafe Latte With Freshly Roasted Coffee

Video Transcript

"On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Dean Forrest with Sedona Coffee Roasters. I am here to tell you about roasting coffee. Okay first thing you are going to want to do when making a latte, is pack your shot and I've got the grinder right here and you are going to want to grind enough for each shot to get the best flavor out of it. This is the part where you pack it down. You want to make sure to do it nice and firm but if you go too firm, but nothing is going to be able to pour through there. You want to make sure it is firm but not too firm. I put that in the machine and that screws in there and we are done with that for the moment and here I've got my milk already measured out and the temperature probe already in there and what I am going to do is put the tip of the wand all the way down to the bottom of the steam cup and I am going to turn it on just a little bit to get it started. I get that rolling around in there and I pull the wand up to the top and keep it about a centimeter underneath. Right here is where we are introducing the air into the milk mixture and right about when it gets to a hundred is where I am going to dip the wand all the way in the bottom and turn it up full blast. This gets it rolling around in there and the air is circulating. Now it is about to get up to a 140 degrees and that is the average temperature. I am just going to close it off there and pull it out.l I am going to immediately wipe this milk off of my steam wand with a clean rag so that it doesn't dry on there and mess up the next latte I am going to make. Pour the milk out of the wand. Now I am going to pour the shots. Some people can do it right as they are getting done with their milk. That is a good way when you are in a rush to get things done. Now these shots you are going to want to make sure you use them before about 12 or 13 seconds go by because that is when they start to go bad and get a little bitter tasting. So you want it either in your customer's hand or you are going to want to merge them with milk by that time. Pour it in the bottom of the cup here and this is the fun part. Make sure the air is nice and swished around in here. If there is too much foam on the top I am going to want to use a spoon but I think I did pretty well getting it mixed in there. I am going to pour where the Espresso meets the cup. All the way up to the top. You've not a nice little swirl going on and that is a latte. "