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Foamy coffee served fresh
Classic and creamy foamy coffee drink

Café Au Lait with Milk Foam

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Quick Meals Drinks
This drink is a small luxury of home coffee brewing: meeting of hot, dark coffee and velvety milk foam. Not simple coffee with milk, but a texture game where light foam preps palate for full coffee taste. Secret lies in milk proteins: heating and aeration form elastic net trapping air bubbles.
🕒 Prep Time 5 mins
🍳 Cook Time 5 mins
⌛ Total Time 10 mins
🍽️ Servings 1 servings
🔥 Calories 135 kcal
🌍 Cuisine International

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Coffee Maker
  • Milk Frother (handheld, battery or plunger)
  • Tall Glass or Wide Cup

Allergen Information

⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Brew coffee with favorite method (moka pot, espresso machine), and stir in sugar immediately.

Tip: Sugar dissolves instantly in hot coffee, no need to ruin foam later with stirring.
2 ✓

Heat milk to approx 140°F (just steaming, not boiling).

Tip: Milk sugar (lactose) tastes sweeter at this temp, creating harmony.
3 ✓

Froth milk until volume increases and thick, fine bubbly cream forms.

Tip: 'Microfoam' is goal, not big bubbles. If big bubbles appear, tap vessel on table to pop them.
4 ✓

Pour coffee into glass, then slowly pour in hot milk, holding back foam for end.

Tip: If done skillfully, milk mixes with coffee but foam stays on top (layering).
5 ✓

Spoon remaining thick milk foam on top as 'cap'.

Tip: Foam insulates coffee, keeping it warm longer.
6 ✓

Sift cocoa powder on top for garnish.

Tip: Cocoa bitterness provides exciting contrast with milk sweetness.

Recipe FAQ

Why did foam collapse?
Milk might be too low fat or overheated. Above 150°F milk protein structure collapses causing unstable foam. 2% or whole milk is best choice.

Ingredients

  • 3.5 oz Strong Brewed Coffee
  • 3/4 cup Whole Milk (min 2%)
  • 2 tsp Sugar (optional)
  • 1 tsp Cocoa Powder (Dutch process)