Originally Posted by
genejockey
Latte has milk and foam. Cappuccino has ONLY foam.
EDIT: I learned this from the woman who won the Cappuccino competition at the San Francisco City Fair. Used to run a cafe in The Richmond when we lived there.
Either they do those drinks differently in San Francisco than anywhere else, or something was lost in translation. The classic capp ratio is often cited as being 1:1:1, espresso, milk and foam.
There's obviously a good Hoffmann video on the differences among various espresso drinks -