If you love coffee, your household may have the equipment to make the drinks that some coffee drinks can only buy at their local café. A cappuccino maker is a device that certainly makes at-home cappuccinos easy, but to make the best possible drink, you'll want to keep the right ingredient ratios in mind.

To make the perfect cappuccino, use a 2:1 ratio of milk to coffee — one-third steamed milk, one-third creamy foam, and one-third espresso — to make your final cup strong, but pleasantly milky. It’s also important to nail your frothing method, since a cappuccino requires a large amount of foam.

While great foam is a basic requirement of a cappuccino, the aforementioned coffee-to-milk ratio is meant as a guide, and preferences are also different in various countries. In Italy, many drinkers use less coffee in their cappuccino, blending one-fifth espresso with two-fifths hot milk and two-fifths foam.