espresso

     

Espresso or caffè espresso (also: expresso) is a concentrate coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder.

Trivia about espresso

  • This guy, a strong coffee prepared by forcing steam under pressure through ground beans, was quite lively
  • Cappuccino is this coffee drink mixed or topped with steamed milk
  • The name of this coffee drink comes from the Italian for "pressed"
  • In the 1940s Achille Gaggia built an appliance to make this beverage, basis of cappuccino, in your kitchen
  • At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew
  • The pressure is on to make this coffee, quick
  • At Starbucks they dilute this strong coffee with water to make Caffe Americano
  • Delonghi's Perfecta is a line of $1,000-plus machines for making cappuccino & this
  • The brew cycle for this strong coffee is very short, ideally under 30 seconds, so the grind should be very fine
  • Quick, raise a cup to Achille Gaggia, who created a domestic machine to make this in the late 1940s

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