Both caffe latte and cappuccino are made from espresso. Espresso is coffee brewed by forcing steam through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans. When espresso is mixed with frothed hot milk or cream and flavored with cinnamon, it is called cappuccino.
The actual proportions of the ingredients is depend on the person making the drink. For instance, a cappuccino is usually a shot of milk and 50 percent frothed milk. However, it is sometimes made with equal parts espresso, steamed milk, and frothed milk. Sometimes caffe latte is topped with frothed milk. Sometimes caffe latte is topped with frothed milk.
There are many variations of these drinks such mocha latte, which contains chocolate syrup, granita latte, which is frozen espresso topped with whipped cream, and flavored lattes such as raspberry latte.
