If you want to understand espresso, you must first understand the name! What is espresso? What does Espresso do?

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What is espresso?

Espresso, the soul of espresso.

Few people who come into contact with espresso for the first time are not surprised. That is a far cry from our daily habit of "a cup of drink". ── is packed in a small, heavy cup, with a pocket capacity of an ounce and a spoon. I really don't know how to drink ──. The strong essence of coffee may make people who are not used to it say that it is too bitter and strong, and it is a pity that a bill can be exchanged for such a sip. What on earth does it mean to drink?

Espresso is strong, pure, and even more like dessert than a drink. Unlike China or Japan, when drinking coffee in Italy, people are more accustomed to adding sugar, drinking it like dessert: Espresso with sugar becomes more mellow, like bitter chocolate.

Add spirits to make caf é corretto, add foam caffe macciatto, or add chocolate or casserole, and have a cappuccino or latte for breakfast. Ten people may have twenty favorite ways to drink. The variability and strong intensity of espresso satisfy the blood of every Italian who is addicted to coffee.

In fact, a picture like this seems to have been done by many people. But I was not very satisfied with it. I always wanted to make a new one myself.

When I started coffee, I myself had a lot of confusion on nouns. For example, what does "mocha" mean? Or in the early years, he went into a cafe and thought of ordering caramel macchiato, but foolishly said "macchiato". As a result, he sent a small cup of milk coffee, and then he was confused.

This is often due to the confusion of naming and the fallacy of translating foreign languages into Chinese.

Take Macchiato, for example. The original meaning of the word in Italian is "spot" or "stain". When used in coffee, "Caff è Macchiato" originally means "spotted coffee". Some people may explain that milk is infected with coffee, others explain that coffee is stained with milk. Then after espresso spread to Seattle, the practice of fancy seasoning became more diverse, and naming naturally developed in large numbers.

This is a caramel Campbell blue latte, but some stores may call it "caramel mocha".

Therefore, caramel macchiato, is also borrowed from the original meaning: "caramel spot" is to sprinkle the surface of mixed coffee with caramel sauce. In fact, this cup is mixed with vanilla.

The language is alive, Americans like to drink large cups of coffee, like vanilla, like the surface thick sauce, created the caramel macchiato, borrowed the meaning of Italian, so named. According to Italian usage, caramel macchiato would be a glass of 60ml milk with some caramel in it. (the same thing, if named in Italian logic, should be called "Vaniglia Caff è Latte con Caramello".

There is still too much to talk about in depth about espresso.

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