latte macchiato
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latte macchiato
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Borrowed from Italian latte macchiato.
noun latte macchiatos · latte macchiati
- A coffee-based beverage, prepared by "staining" the steamed "pure" white milk by the addition of espresso, using half or less of the espresso shot of caffè macchiato. I was told by Leno Meiorin, proprietor of the original Caffè Mediterraneum in Berkeley, that he invented it [caffè latte] in 1959 when customers complained that the latte macchiati and cappuccini he was serving were too stingy in size.
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| Deutsch | Latte macchiato |
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