The Cappuccino Explained

A look at the history and evolution of the cappuccino, from its inception through to it conquering the world!
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[@glaivemaster]

"Ultimately ... if it brings you delight, then go for it" Exactly how people should be thinking about coffee.

[@redspade96]

I was literally in the process of typing this when I read your comment. I just saw a video the other day about why "most of the coffee you drink is OBJECTIVELY TERRIBLE" and it was so gd pompous and pretentious. Coffee is supposed to be a nice enjoyable beverage, not a strict discipline.

[@xaviervillaluz6897]

@@redspade96 i agree, i hated that video, but i also understand that chains like starbucks arent really dolling out quality coffee, but if it aint harmin no one who cares how someone likes their drink

[@NothingXemnas]

"...but if the drink you like is in the cup, then you did it right." - Greg, How to Drink

[@AnimeReference]

It would bring me delight if I ever drank it. I find, with a takeaway cup, you tip the cup back causing the mixed milk and espresso to move through the foam and into your face. Then the foam and chocolate powder follow the cup into the bin.

[@noraagami9397]

But your taste changes. We used drink only instant coffee that i didnt realize was really sweet because we used to add so much sugar to it. Then tried drip coffee with just creamer and a bit of sugar and never went back. My family didn't like it tho because it was "bitter" but to me it is the best and i almost dont want the coffee to leave my tounge. It is a bit strong and the aftertaste of cream brings me to heaven.

[@errgo2713]

An espresso shot sized documentary, nice! Looking forward to more of these.

[@rogerg_zapata]

It matches with the history of coffee, great footage used and great rhythm. You're becoming really good as a Filmmaker James.

[@ArielViera]

This is amazing James!! Make more videos about coffee history 🙏 Would love to know why the Americas does drip and Europe mostly does espresso! Or why single origin has become the hot new thing over blends!

[@michael.burman]

This isn't true though, for example in Finland the drip is the most common way to drink coffee (and with largest amount of coffee per capita.. it's not insignificant). I'm not entirely sure if espresso is anywhere the most popular option, but if it is, then that would be the southern European countries (Mediterranean). Not all of Europe.

[@whil6473]

Finland (and other nordic countries too I'd assume) actually does predominantly drip. I'm pretty sure this is the cause of the more traditional coffee made in a kettle (which James made a video of).

[@ArielViera]

@@michael.burman You make an excellent point! I've been to Finland myself and absolutely loved their coffee, and that fact that free drip-coffee refills was the norm (unlike in my native NYC). Though throughout most of my travels in Western Europe and Mediterranean I have noticed that espresso is far more popular! To the point where they don't even serve filter coffee.

[@gwvaio]

Because we’re fat and we want more of everything

[@mtksbctk]

@@gwvaio bruhh

[@kungfufreak360]

More coffee history!!

[@jasonlinn]

Love the style of this video! Informative and entertaining.

[@heitosj]

James, your notions on rhythm and narrative are way beyond the youtube average, even on much bigger channels. Just found out your channel a few weeks ago and keep coming back to one or another video I haven't watch yet. Cool and fun content, as always, hughs from argentina! Un abrazo desde argentina!

[@MrDanDan182]

This was amazing! Thank you James. The qualtity of your videos is outstanding.

[@adriananto5499]

i really like that you've done proper research on the name. great video

[@leovoi]

Great coffee history video Mr. Hoffmann 👍

[@jonascampos1895]

This is the best vid in the channel so far! Extremely unbiased! And everybody should watch this!

[@Psychoh90]

1:42 the only and the best Totò ! Thank you from sharing this. Greetings from Italy

[@CarrollNick94]

Every new video you release leapfrogs the last in terms of creativity and video quality. You shock me everytime I click and I am loving the content!

[@ImportantComment]

Love it James! Coffee + History will always capture my attention.

[@mattgrady518]

Loved the video, and your delivery.

[@RonanConnolly]

3:10 "Having plenty of coffee flavour, and having a thick layer of foam". This is exactly why I love flat whites. You still get a nice coffee flavour, but you also get the lovely milky foam.

[@LadyTigerLily]

As an avid goer of Viennese coffee houses from when I briefly lived there, this delights me. I've been trying to experiment more with international coffee, but it takes a lot of going back through coffee history and getting a cultural context for drinks, not just recipes. Thank you for this great video!

[@cheekynandos3676]

I also lived in Vienna for a short time and I too miss the cafe culture and sitting in cafe Mozart sipping on a melange. Good times...

[@halt.halt.halt.]

Thank you, that was extremely interesting and educational! I‘d love to see more of these videos. In the end - great content as always, James!

[@87bjerke]

Thanks, James! You are creating so much great content.

[@igelmithut6320]

About 1 am in the morning and tomorrow university. I have to study a lot so the only reasonable response is....to watch a video about cappuccino. I'm severe lactose intolerant and don't drink coffee. Seems like a good idea. But I have to say. It was a great video. I really like your voice and intonation

[@corriewells4309]

This makes so much sense! There is one cafe I used to frequent that had a delicious cappuccino. But I struggle to get the same experience elsewhere since I moved away. They always served it as a 6oz drink with a double shot I believe.

[@blackbird_es]

This was awesome! Very different from the rest of the videos but just as great! Great info, great editing!

[@richardnaughton3479]

What a wonderful ‘pocket documentary’ ..complete with complimentary illustrations! More please. Nice work, James.

[@alexriebel8862]

You are really spoiling us with your upload scedual right now. Great video!

[@will_9329]

Fantastic video, love the editing work too

[@truem0bile]

Good job on the editing and putting this clip together! Not your usual style but good to you trying new stuff! Also I think you’re on track on putting out more videos this year!

[@MrRuffun]

Super cool little feature! really liked the presentation and bitesize style of this. Super interesting about the name origin from Vienna! Today I learned :)

[@ajantkede]

Thanks for this explanation James. Never heard about that. But it shows how much we can learn on KZbin.

[@florianvo]

I'm pretty new to your channel but have been subscribed for a few weeks and I have to say I really enjoyed this video! Also loved the 'what no one tells you about learning to taste' video, great stuff!

[@russellmanning2289]

Can we have more coffee history videos? Absolutely adored this.

[@heylookjoey]

You are making some really quality content. Love the videos.

[@megajig]

Awesome video James. Would love to see more of these. Especially interested in the history of bean varietals and regions. Cheers

[@kartinihanitio6010]

WOW!! Love the history about this!!! ❤️❤️ Thank you so much!!!

[@radiantav]

Loved this video. Short, sweet and the ending is just perfect. My favorite recipe: 150ml cup, with double shot in it then filled up with sweet silky milk foam. Latte art or not but foam has to have enough structure to survive until the last drop of the drink.

[@niklas8630]

Love your videos, great as usual! Really interesting concept and I'd love to see more of this kind of video!

[@jacobwhite8746]

Nice vid 👏🏼

[@carlyk210]

Underrated video, so glad to discover this channel!

[@RaidenSetsuna]

My favorite coffee drink. I usually go a little crazy with the foam but I think it tastes incredible like that. Awesome explanation and channel!

[@selppinnipples]

Brilliant! Very interesting to learn it predates the espresso machine.Thanks.

[@artee0]

love this! incredibly informative and well put together :)

[@GabiGluck]

This video makes me that much more excited to see what's to come on this channel this year. No pressure :)

[@hflynn927]

James, all of your videos are wonderful, but I especially enjoyed this one! I would love to see more videos with this sort of content and style, if you're interested in making any more!

[@markuskaiengel]

Brilliant video! Thank you, James!

[@iguanadawn]

Love this kind of video, keep it up James!

[@pfvento]

This was next level, loved. Please more

[@moritzpellegrini9832]

Quite promising video for further history episodes. Personally, I would love to see a mini series about the history of coffee cultures in various places, eg. the Kaffehauskultur'' in Vienna

[@AE1OU]

I hope you make more videos like these. I would like to know the difference between a macchiato and latte because many different people have different interpretations of a macchiato that it borders between a latte and a cappucino

[@yesthatenzo]

Love informational/historical videos like this! More please :D

[@blzt3206]

This was excellent, hands-down.

[@jackfranks7160]

The only thing missing is watching James make what he'd expect if he'd order a cappuccino! I tend to make a Jack-achino as in I have no precision on foam ratio and just steam the milk typically in the same manner and pour it in the mug with espresso. I do tend to add cinnamon but shaved dark chocolate would probably be good too!

[@AlanSii]

This is a great clip about Cappuccino. Thanks for spreading this wonderful info! More coffee video to come, please!

[@Megaradnomad]

James, I LOVE every video you put out! Keep it up! :)

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

My favourite from the beginning and still is. I always request classic cappuccino and no latte art thank you very much. Ideally some chocolate shavings sitting atop the foam. This is an exceptionally well made video. Well done!

[@aaronpellerin]

Just grand. I appreciate the historical content as well as the informative nature. I'm glad you took a risk on something new!

[@Stampistuta]

Excellent, concise vid.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

We love you, James.

[@MompreneurDiary]

Yes sir this is the perfect explanation and history love the combo

[@abdullahbaroum2031]

the one stop channel for everything coffee!

[@chrisladouceur4093]

Nailed it. Great work.

[@anurag070796]

Amazing video! Definitely more like this.

[@cheekster777]

Excellent video! Thank you.

[@chrisjfinlay]

That shot of the “coffee types” poster threw me for a second; my wife bought me that a few years ago, before I’d even heard of this channel!

[@GadgetViper]

Interesting video James, thanks!

[@dzurisintube]

So SO good. Please cover ALL THINGS COFFEE in a continuation of this series.

[@lucyirwin4503]

Awesome video would love to see more like this

[@FSR2007]

Thank you so much! I consider myself knowledgeable about coffee yet didn't really know any of this!

[@sherman1280]

I liked this video a lot. I love the stories behind foods and drinks. Now I want a cappuccino. ☕

[@javy860903]

Awesome video!!

[@KerenWang]

I feel like this could be said about everything about coffee. At the end of the day it's about preference. Great video :)

[@sarahchartrand9398]

This is.... A beautiful video

[@spellbinder6818]

Great video James! I am curious about the last part where you mention “bubbles so small that you can barely see them”. I thought that describes microfoam which goes on latte, while the kind of dry foam with larger bubbles that can be done without a steam wand gets used on cappuccino. Because I don’t have a proper espresso machine (I use a Bialetti Brikka and a handheld frother), this has always kept me from offering guests Latte instead, which they associate with a very silky microfoam. It seems I have more to learn about the various kinds of foam and crema.

[@MiksLatvis]

Thank you, great video. Will there be more in the series?

[@The55five5]

Perfect James! I find peoples stubbornness to say that "some cafe/chart/barista/coffee person says a proper (any drink) must be made like ____" a bit tiring and frustrating at times. Where in reality there are so many factors from cup size, cup shape, have in/take away, number of "shots" (also vague and varies), amount of foam, (style of foam for those still doing dry capps) and whether it has chocolate. Though it doesn't help when people with a large following also feed this by posting charts themselves of how certain coffees "must" be made

[@MitchNorris]

This is great! Love the history of it all too, mixed in with the pop cultur references (e.g. Seinfeld) and debunked myths. Please do more of these because these 'standard' drinks are all different around the world.

[@dmcerrrmmmm]

Great video...fascinating.

[@pauloamw]

An Idea, not a recipe. THANK you for that!

[@kelvenbenoit5440]

When I received a gift from a friend (a coffee chart signed by you), I was clueless about coffee..and then I started follow you and I'm a barista today!

[@walterfinch1644]

Finally someone getting the facts straight. Great vid James

[@lyndonlives638]

Wow! In just over 3 minutes definitively confirms every single thing I've ever suspected about cappuccinos!

[@MrSeropamine]

lovely video

[@KOL0HE]

I bought a cappuccino from a gas station and now I’m here.

[@eddy94f]

This video made me want a liter of cappuccinos even with my casein allergy. Complimenti from an italian fan. Ciao

[@MayankBadhan]

It’s one o’clock at night, I am having a hard time falling asleep, and after watching this video I want to drink a cappuccino ☕️

[@BeaDSM]

And best had with a hot fresh croissant to dip in that delicious coffee foam!

[@irishbob26]

Still remember my first cappuccino as a 19 Yr old chef. A single moment that changed my life.

[@RedLegoAstronaut]

Nice shot of Bar del Cappuccino, Via Arenula, Rome.

[@RickSolid1]

Its my Jam!

[@keixsy]

thank you for the nice video

[@radityowg1973]

Never knew needed someone to explain a cappuccino before

[@ghostoutofthebox]

I wish all my history teachers were like you.

[@rcireland]

It seems as though latte art has killed the proper cappuccino.

[@ahanuban]

Couldn't agree with this more. So frustrating..

[@danesebruno]

Proper for you may not be proper for others

[@cappuccinogoodfinger]

Latte art kills everything today. If you have warm coffe with milk in your cup, it has to have latte art.

[@ginnyfromdablock7551]

I love the latte art. Makes my coffee beautiful

[@jamiepatel12]

rcireland I have to disagree! If you texture the milk a certain way, you can still achieve a satisfying amount of foam while still being able to achieve good latte art results! Although, then again, it’s all about preference haha

[@icowrich]

I would like a nice little history lesson on how the Italian espresso culture was displaced by innovation from the more scientifically precise Seattle style version that we now see in Third Wave shops.

[@DavidRamseyIII]

Excellent. Can you review Frasier for the next video

[@jaelhadas]

omg the narration voice

[@AvivRaphael]

Amazing

[@richardmccaskie360]

Two videos in two days...we have been truly spoilt

[@StefannieTan]

I just have to say that I love Frasier :)

[@twistedtenderness]

James, I am sure I am not the only one infatuated with your voice, so please make more :)

[@paperhanger29]

Ultimately I've determined name of drink determines size (approx) and amount of milk. In order espresso 2oz, macchiato 2oz plus dollop of foam, corrado (4oz), cappuccino (5-6oz), latte (8-12oz depending on shop.) Love the content Mr Hoffman