Perhaps most egregious of all is the caramel macchiato. This drink, a top seller at Starbucks, starts with a base of vanilla syrup, followed by a large amount of steamed milk, then some espresso, and is finally topped with a generous crosshatching of caramel sauce. In essence, the drink has the same ingredients as a vanilla latte, but with the addition of caramel. In Italian, macchiato means stained, and an order for a macchiato, if prepared by a properly trained barista, would result in a shot of espresso topped with a dollop of milk foam, just enough to stain it. A real macchiato is simple and elegant. At its core is coffee not steamed milk, and definitely not syrup. http://www.cpiplywood.com/news/billigtomsSko2015/
Perhaps most egregious of all is the caramel macchiato. This drink, a top seller at Starbucks, starts with a base of vanilla syrup, followed by a large amount of steamed milk, then some espresso, and is finally topped with a generous crosshatching of caramel sauce. In essence, the drink has the same ingredients as a vanilla latte, but with the addition of caramel. In Italian, macchiato means stained, and an order for a macchiato, if prepared by a properly trained barista, would result in a shot of espresso topped with a dollop of milk foam, just enough to stain it. A real macchiato is simple and elegant. At its core is coffee not steamed milk, and definitely not syrup.
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