LATTE
A latte or is a coffee
drinmade with espres-
so and steamed milk.
The term as used in English
is a shortened form of the
Italian caffè latte caffelatte
or caffellatte which means
“milk coffee”. The word is
also sometimes spelled lat-
té or lattè in English with
different kinds of accent
marks, which can be a hy-
perforeignism or a deliber-
ate attempt to indicate that
the word is not pronounced
according to the rules
of English orthography.
In northern Europe and
Scandinavia the term café
au lait has traditionally
been used for the com-
bination of espresso and
milk. In France, caffè
latte is mostly known
from the original Italian
name of the drink (caffè
latte or caffelatte); a com-
bination of espresso and
steamed milk equivalent
to a “latte” is in French
called grand crème and in
German Milchkaffee or (in
Austria) Wiener Melange.
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