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Espresso

The brewing process of espresso (espresso) is accompanied by a deep reddish brown or goose yellow foam, which is called coffee fat (crema).

Espresso (Espresso) is a drink made by forcing near-boiling high-pressure water through coffee ground into fine powder. Espresso coffee is generally thicker than other methods and contains higher concentrations of suspended solids and dissolved solids, such as coffee fat (a creamy foam) on the surface. Because of its pressurized production process, espresso has a strong taste and a very high concentration of chemicals. It is often used as a base for other drinks, such as latte, cappuccino, macchiato, mocha, and American coffee. Italian espresso coffee contains more caffeine per unit volume than other coffee drinks, but because it is smaller per serving and the contact time between hot water and coffee powder is very short, usually only about 20 to 30 seconds, so the total caffeine content is lower. Although the actual caffeine content of coffee drinks is affected by volume, source of beans, roasting methods and other factors, a "typical" Italian espresso coffee contains about 80 milligrams of caffeine, while a dripping coffee contains 95 to 200 milligrams of caffeine.

Manufacturing process

Espresso coffee is made from very fine or slightly ground coffee powder forcibly with high heat and high pressure water. The key point is that the finely ground coffee powder can ensure that the ingredients of the coffee are quickly extracted and evenly passed through by high-pressure hot water. This process produces a drink close to syrup by extracting solid and soluble ingredients from coffee. Coffee fat ("crema") is produced by emulsifying the oil in coffee powder into colloids, which does not happen in other coffee making processes. There is no uniform standard for the production process of espresso coffee, but some publications try to regulate the baking degree, powder weight, extraction water temperature, extraction speed and even the weight of the ground coffee powder, so that the production process of espresso varies greatly from country to region. Generally speaking, espresso coffee is made through an espresso coffee machine. Making an espresso coffee is commonly known as "pulling a shot", a term from the early leveraged espresso coffee machine because it required the handle on the spring piston to be pulled down, forcing hot water to pass through the coffee powder at high pressure. Today, the average espresso coffee machine uses an electric device to generate pressure.

The technical parameters for the production of certified espresso (espresso) designated by the Italian National Coffee Institute are as follows:

Composition parameter

Coffee powder weighs 7 ±0.5g (0.25 ±0.02oz)

The hot water temperature of the equipment is 88 ±2 °C (190 ±4 °F)

The temperature of coffee extracted is 67 ±3 °C (153 ±5 °F).

Extraction pressure 9 ±1 bar (131 ±15 psi)

Percolation time 25 seconds ±5

The volume of coffee in the cup (including foam) 25 ±2.5 mL (0.85 ±0.08 US fl oz)

Mixed coffee beans

Espresso is a coffee drink and its preparation method, rather than a specific coffee bean, coffee bean mixing method or roasting degree. Not any variety of roasted coffee beans can be used to make authentic espresso.

Espresso roasting manufacturers add many coffee beans with different flavors from different places to their own espresso beans, and there are at least five kinds of beans before they can be called comprehensive beans. The integrated coffee beans imported from Italy have been roasted and processed in the origin and original baking plant before they are packaged and exported to the world with a shelf life of 2 mi-3 years.

Some books or courses, often called espresso in southern Italy, use very deep-roasted beans to make espresso; or northern Italy, which is popular for deep-roasted beans (relatively shallow).

In fact, these are misunderstandings about espresso and Italian culture. Italian coffee beans are not roasted to very deep roasting, but most of them are roasted to medium-deep roasting.

Generally speaking, the comprehensive coffee beans launched by the baking plants in different regions have their own flavor, the comprehensive bean flavor is different, and the proportion of species and varieties is also different. it is impossible to describe which comprehensive bean is northern Italian flavor or which bean is southern Italian flavor.

However, in terms of Italian culture and eating habits, residents of South Italy, Central Italy, South Italy and East Italy do have different tastes. So the flavor preferences of coffee beans will be different.

In southern Italy, coffee beans are only roasted to medium-deep roasting, and the flavor is very strong, but still retains the tail flavor of caramel cocoa. The most important thing is to add more high-quality and roasted robusta coffee beans from southern Italy to add mellow and smooth taste.

In northern Italy, the roasting degree of coffee beans is also similar to that of coffee beans in southern Italy, which is also medium to deep roasting, with a small proportion of Robusta coffee beans added. But the flavor is different from Nanyi, with fine sour taste and sweet and sour balanced taste, but in the mellow thickness (Body) relative to Nanyi coffee beans, it is not so full-bodied, it is an elegant espresso.

Popular

Espresso has been popular all over the world since 1980s. In the United States, coffee shops offer various types of espresso, which can be added with syrup, whipped cream, concentrated flavor, soy milk, and spices. The Pacific coast of the northwestern United States is believed to be the birthplace of this trend. As coffee shops everywhere began to offer such drinks, and cheap household kitchen equipment became popular, espresso became popular in other parts of the United States. In other parts of the world, espresso has also become a common method of making coffee in restaurants, bars and coffee shops.

History

Angelo Moriondo applied for a patent for "steam-operated equipment for rapid production of coffee beverages" in Turin, Italy in 1884 (No. 33 and 256). Author Ian Bersten discovered Moriondo's patent for the first time in his book on the history of coffee machines. Bersten describes the device as "…" It is almost certainly the first Italian bar machine that can independently control the way steam and hot water pass through coffee, "and called Moriondo". Must be one of the inventors, if not the earliest, of the espresso coffee machine. Unlike today's espresso machine, this is actually a mass production device, rather than being used to quickly make coffee for individual customers.

Seventeen years later, in 1901, Milan man Luigi Bezzera made a series of improvements to the espresso coffee machine. He patented some of these improvements, the first of which was filed on December 19, 1901. Its title is "improvements to the Machine for Rapid preparation of Coffee drinks" (Patent No. No. 153 to 94, 61707, approved on June 5, 1902).

In 1905, the patent was purchased by Desiderio Pavoni, who founded the "La Pavoni" company and began industrial production of the machine (one per day) in a small workshop on Via Parini Street in Milan.

Espresso has become popular in many different ways; it is described in detail in (Morris 2007), which is the source of many of the following statements.

In Italy, the rise of espresso consumption is closely related to urbanization, and espresso cafes provide a place to socialize. In addition, the price of coffee is also controlled by local governments because coffee is consumed standing up and is intended to promote a culture of "standing in a coffee shop".

In English-speaking countries, espresso became popular mainly in the form of cappuccinos, where coffee is traditionally drunk with milk, and the exotic nature of foam attracts many consumers; in the United States, espresso is mainly in the form of lattes, which can also be added with syrup. The latte is said to have been invented by Italian-American Lino Meiorin at the Mediterranean Cafe in Berkeley, California, in the 1950s as a long version of the cappuccino, which became popular in Seattle and eventually spread nationwide and around the world by Seattle-based Starbucks in the late 1980s and 1990s.

In Britain, espresso became popular among young people in the 1950s, who found coffee shops more hospitable than bars (pubs).

In Germany, espresso began to be popular among people of Italian descent, and later became known to other people because of the development of Italian tourism, and later iced coffee invented by the Italians was popular in Germany.

In the Middle East, espresso has also become popular with the opening of western coffee chains.

At first, the espresso Coffee Bar outside Italy only served the Italian working class in the market, which provided a subcultural / counter-cultural appeal; to this day, it can still be seen in Italian-American communities in the United States, such as the North end of Boston, Little Italy in New York, and North Beach in San Francisco. As a specialty coffee developed in the 1980s (continuing the development of the 1970s and 1960s), it created a native craft coffee culture, and espresso was positioned as a high-end drink.

Today, coffee culture commentators define the coffee of large chains and mid-market as "the second wave of coffee" and the craft coffee of the high-end market as "the third wave of coffee".

Coffee shop and home production

The main difference between Espresso and brewing coffee is that espresso is closely related to coffee shops because of the special equipment and skills it requires. As a result, espresso consumption has become a social experience.

Home espresso coffee machines have become popular with the increase in public interest in espresso. Today, you can find a variety of household strong espresso coffee makers in kitchen and appliance stores, online stores and department stores. The earliest espresso coffee machine used in the home is the Gaggia Gilda. Soon, similar machines appeared, such as Faema Faemina, FE-AR La Peppina and VAM Caravel, all in the same shape and operation. These machines still have a small group of loyal fans to this day. Until the advent of the first espresso coffee maker based on a small electric pump, such as the Gaggia Baby or Quickmill 810, home machines were not widely accepted. In recent years, with the emergence of fully automatic household espresso coffee machines and automatic devices based on coffee powder pods (pod), the number of espresso consumed at home has begun to increase.

The growth of household espresso coffee production keeps pace with the growth of household coffee roasting. Some amateurs bake coffee beans and make espresso at the same time.

The use of etymology and terminology

The origin of the word "espresso" is controversial. Some Anglo-American dictionaries call it "pressed-out". "espresso" is like the English word "express", which expresses the meaning of "specially for you" and "fast" and is related to the production process of espresso.

The words "express", "expres" and "espresso" have their own meanings in English, French and Italian. The first meaning has to do with "expressing", which means to squeeze flavor out of coffee under the pressure of steam. The second meaning is related to speed, just like the express of a train. The last layer is about "expressly" doing something for someone; the earliest Bezzera and Pavoni espresso coffee machines in 1906 took 45 seconds to make a cup of coffee, one cup at a time, just for you. [1]

The spelling of "espresso" is generally considered correct, while the spelling of "expresso" is relatively rare. Italy uses the term "espresso" to replace the x in the Latin root with the fact that the x is not part of the standard Italian alphabet. Italians generally call it "caff è" because espresso is the most common coffee; in Spain, "expreso" is a formal name, and "solo" (meaning alone, without milk) is the usual way to order a drink in a coffee bar.

The modern strong espresso coffee made from high-pressure hot water, which was pioneered by Gaggia in the 1940s, was originally called "crema caff è", or "cream coffee". The term can still be seen on old Gaggia machines, named after the coffee fat (crema, meaning cream) on top of the coffee. The term is no longer in use today, although "crema caff è" or its variant "caff è crema", "caf è crema" can still be seen occasionally in trademarks.

Although "expresso" is considered to be the mainstream usage in some American dictionaries, its inclusion process is controversial, and many people propose that the x variant is wrong. The online Oxford Dictionary points out that "the spelling 'expresso'' is not used in its place of origin in Italy. It is strictly wrong, although it is very common."

Variable factors of Shot

The main variables in an Espresso (a shot) are "size" and "length". The term has been standardized, but the exact number has changed a lot.

Each coffee shop may have a standardized shot (size and length), such as "triple ristretto," in espresso based drinks (such as latte), only the number of shots changes, but the extraction process does not change-the change between double and triple shot only requires changing the size of the filter bowl, but the change between "ristretto,""normal" and "lungo" requires changing the coffee grind, which is difficult to achieve in a busy coffee shop. Because precise adjustment of the coffee grinder is the key to consistently making espresso with high quality.

size (size)

Espresso is available in single, double, and triple size, roughly corresponding to 25, 50, and 75 ml normal shots, and uses ground coffee in proportions of 7, 14, and 21 grams; also use filter bowls of the appropriate size. The Italian term doppio is often used to mean double, solo and tripio are less often used to mean single and triple. Single shot is the traditional shot size and the largest size that the original lever machine could pull out, while today double is the standard shot size.

The single bowl is much smaller at the bottom than the double bowl and has an inverted cone shape, but the depth is the same to provide sufficient resistance to high pressure hot water. Most double filter bowls have only a slight constriction ("Faema" type), others such as La Marzocco have vertical bowl walls. Triple filter bowls generally have vertical bowl walls.

Portafilter handles typically have two outlets close together, and a double filter bowl-coffee can flow through each outlet into a separate cup to make two single coffees (but double strength), or into a single cup (so the outlets are close together). Real single-shot coffee is rare, and single-shot coffee shops generally have half the doppio shot.

Among espresso based beverages, particularly larger milk-based beverages, beverages with triple or quadruple espresso shots are referred to as triple or quad, respectively.

Length (length)

The length (i.e. intensity) of a shot can be ristretto (reduced), normale (normal) or lungo (long): it can also refer to smaller or larger beverages using the same amount of ground coffee and the same level of extraction, or to different lengths of extraction time. The presence of crema makes volume-based comparisons difficult because of the different proportions (exact comparisons need to depend on the weight of the beverage), but ratios 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3 to 4 are generally used to refer to ristretto, normale and lungo, corresponding to double shots of 30, 60 and 90--120 ml. Ristretto is the most common of these terms, double and triple ristretto are usually associated with craft coffee.

Ristrtto, normale, and lungo may also not refer to the same shot ending at different times-this may result in under extraction (too short) or over extraction (too long). Instead, adjust the fineness of the coffee grind (finer for ristretto, coarser for lungo) to achieve the right volume at the end of the right extraction.

A very long shot is called caffè crema, which is longer than a lungo and is typically 120 - 240 ml in volume, and is made in the same way using coarser coffee grounds.

Adding hot water to the brew can make coffee lighter than the original flavor, forcing more water through the coffee grounds can add other flavors to the espresso, but some people don't like it.

Espresso-based beverages

In addition to drinking alone, espresso is often mixed with other beverages, most commonly milk (which can be steamed, wet (micro-frothed) or dry) and water. The most common milk-based espresso drinks, sorted by size, include macchiato, cappuccino, flat white, and latte. Espresso and water mix to make American coffee and long black coffee. Other drinks include red eye coffee and latte macchiato. Cortado and Galão are made from steam-heated frothless milk.

Sorted by size, there are the following coffee drinks:

Traditional macchiato: 35-40 ml, 1 shot espresso (30 ml) with a small amount of milk (usually steam heated with a small amount of foam to leave a mark);

Modern macchiato: 60 ml or 120 ml, 1 or 2 espresso (30 or 60 ml), 1:1 with milk;

Cortado: 60 ml, 1 espresso (30 ml) with 1:1 milk, a little foam;

Piccolo latte: 90 ml, 1 espresso (30 ml) with 1:2 milk, a little foam;

Galão: 120 ml, 1 espresso (30 ml) with 1:3 milk, a little foam;

Flat white coffee: 150 ml, 1 or 2 espresso (30 or 60 ml) with 1:4 or 2:3 milk;

Cappuccino: 150 - 180 ml, 1 or 2 servings of espresso (30 or 60 ml), with wet foam;

Latte: 240 - 600 ml, more than 2 servings of espresso (60 ml), with milk 1:3 to 1:9;

The following table helps to visualize the combination of coffee drinks:

mixed with

frothed milk, hot water,

Espresso on top latte macchiato long black

Low latte Americano

Different baristas make coffee differently. In macchiato, cappuccino, white coffee, and smaller lattes and americas, espresso is poured directly into the coffee cup and topped with milk and water. For larger drinks, the taller cup cannot be placed under the outlet of the coffee machine, so the espresso flows first into the smaller cup and then into the larger beverage cup; for this purpose, special small coffee cups (demitasse) or special espresso coffee pots (also known as small foam pots) can be used. Small jugs typically have a 3-fluid ounce capacity, enough to hold all espresso up to a large lungo, but there are also 5-ounce and even 8-ounce jugs.

Espresso pots are typically designed to make multi-layered latte macchiatos because they require precise control over coffee pouring. Small espresso cups are used for other beverages because the coffee in them needs to be poured quickly rather than slowly.