中文：拿铁咖啡

Both my husband and I like to enjoy a cup of good coffee from time to time. Sometimes we go to local coffee shops, and sometimes I make the coffee for us. They may not be as good as the ones in store, but we have so much fun making and drinking them together. O(∩_∩)O~

Latte coffee is one portion of espresso, one portion of steamed milk plus another portion of frothed milk. You can make them look good by pouring frothed milk into espresso or by creating artistic patterns with chocolate sauce or caramel sauce. Both of them are available in store, but I like to make my own from scratch.

For chocolate sauce:

1 single shot espresso
1 to 2 tablespoon sugar
coco powder

Make one single shot espresso (I use this machine from AMAZON); stir in sugar and coco powder when it is still hot. Set aside to cool down. I didn’t write down how much coco powder is needed here because espresso shots are different from machine to machine. Just keep stirring in coco powder until the espresso thickens like syrup.

My favorite coffee is latte with caramel sauce on top.

For caramel sauce：

1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons butter

Directions：

Combine brown sugar and water in a pot; heat over medium heat. Stir from time to time. I add water to make sugar melt fast and evenly. After all the water evaporates, the syrup will turn amber color. Add butter. When butter hits hot syrup, it may splatter. Be careful not to burn yourself.

After the butter melts into syrup, keep cooking for another couple minutes until the syrup becomes dark amber color. Add heavy cream while stirring. It is going to splatter more vigorously, so please be extra careful.

Cook caramel sauce for another 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from heat. When it cools down, you can bottle the syrup. It is good to go onto coffee, ice cream, cake, cookies or any dessert of your choice.

As for me, I like to top my latte coffee with caramel sauce. It is indeed heavenly.