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  • My name is Mike Jones, and I'm a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square

  • Park in New York City. I'm going to teach you some basic coffee-making skills.

  • I'm gonna show you how to make a cappuccino. A cappuccino is traditionally between five

  • and six ounces. You have your shot of espresso, some milk, and then foam on top. Usually it's

  • gonna be in thirds, which is two ounces of espresso, two ounces of milk, two ounces of

  • foam, but somewhere around there is good. Officially, they say between one and two centimeters

  • of foam on top, but there are many different interpretations. So, let's start off by pulling

  • the shot, steaming the milk, and then pouring it. OK, so we have our espresso, we have our

  • milk. Since I've let more air into the milk on this cappuccino we can do a little bit

  • extra texturing, which is just swirling it around. You can give it some side to side

  • shakes to incorporate the foam into the center. Sometimes if you've added just a little bit

  • too much, you can pour about an ounce off the top. All right, now just pour and that

  • is a delicious looking cappuccino.

My name is Mike Jones, and I'm a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square

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