After mastering how to make a latte coffee, you don’t need to wait in line every morning. Skipping the queue and instead sipping on a perfect, velvety latte made right in your own kitchen.
You don’t need years of training or an expensive commercial machine to master this skill. With a basic cafetière, you can absolutely achieve a cafe-level latte at home. Here are the secrets to the best way to make a latte at home boils down to three core elements: The Espresso Shot, The Milk Texture, and The Flavor. Now, let’s learn how to make latte at home.
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Pulling the Perfect Espresso Shot
It is important that a powerful, richly extracted espresso shot for a perfect latte.
The pressure is the key point to make an Espresso coffee. Thus, it is necessary to own a coffee machine at home. Unlike weak shots from basic pod machines, the BlitzHome CM5105 uses a 20-Bar professional pressure pump. With a powerful extraction force, it effectively strips the coffee grounds of their rich, mellow oils, creating that beautiful, reddish-brown foam layer known as crema. A thick crema is the hallmark of a true, full-bodied espresso. Here are specific steps:
Prep:
Measure your finely ground coffee and tamp it evenly into the portafilter.
Pull:
Place your cup on the cup warming area and use the One-Touch Operation on the intuitive touch screen to brew your single or double shot directly. For pull, it is the key to maintaining a balanced temperature. The BlitzHome CM5105 coffee machine ensures the water is at the ideal 92°C for optimal flavor extraction.
Frothing the Milk
The foam of a latte is different from cappuccino. A cappuccino uses stiff, airy foam, while a latte needs microfoam—a silky, velvety texture that integrates perfectly with the espresso.
When tiny, uniform bubbles are introduced into the milk, the microfoam is created. This process sweetens the milk and makes it taste smooth.
It is because the steam breaks down the milk’s natural sugars (lactose) into simpler, sweeter compounds. Therefore, if you want to make a latte at home, you’d better choose an espresso maker with a steam wand. The BlitzHome CM5105 features a professional steam wand that gives you manual control. If you own a coffee machine with a steam wand, you can make milk foam in only 2 steps:
Stretching:
Place the tip of the steam wand just below the surface of cold milk. Open the steam to introduce air, slightly increasing the milk volume. Crucially, this aeration step must be completed within the first few seconds of steaming before the milk temperature rises.
Texturing & Heating:
Submerge the wand tip slightly deeper and angle the pitcher so the milk swirls. This action folds the tiny bubbles into the milk, creating that velvet hot latte at home texture. Heat the milk until the outside of the pitcher is too hot to comfortably touch (about 60℃ – 70℃).
Alternatives to the Steam Wand：
If your machine lacks a steam wand, you can still froth foam using other tools, like a standalone electric frother or a handheld battery-powered whisk. Compared with the steam wand, these tools generally produce a stiffer, airier foam with larger bubbles, like that used for a traditional cappuccino, so you should master some skills. Otherwise， this foam will sit on top of the liquid and will not achieve the silky, velvety microfoam texture that integrates perfectly into the espresso for a smooth latte.
The Final Step for Make Latte at Home
After preparing the perfect shot and milk foam, it is easy to make Latte at home.
Pour your perfectly textured microfoam into your cup of espresso. The milk and espresso should blend seamlessly into a uniform layer. If you want to make it more perfect, try a simple heart or leaf shape!
If you want to make the other flavor, like Matcha Latte or Caramel Latte at home, it relies on one simple rule that the flavor goes in first. For a Caramel Latte, you’d start by drizzling the caramel syrup into your cup, followed by your espresso shot, then the steamed or cold milk. For a Matcha Latte, the espresso is skipped; instead, you whisk the matcha powder with a small amount of hot water until it’s smooth and lump-free, then top it with your milk.
The Perfect Espresso Coffee Machine to Make Latte at Home
BlitzHome CM5105 is perfect for making latte at home. It features a 20-bar professional pressure pump. Such high pressure is crucial for achieving authentic Italian-style espresso with a rich, full-bodied flavor and beautiful crema. What is more, with precise temperature, it can maintain the ideal temperature of 92℃, which is the best for pulling. With intuitive One-Touch Operation on a touch screen, a robust 1350W of power, and user-friendly removable parts for easy cleaning, the BlitzHome CM5105 provides the needed features to master any latte recipe in your own kitchen.
Ready to make latte at home? Go on, give it a shot! You’ve got this.
