What are the characteristics of Italian coffee beans? Italian coffee culture? how to drink espresso?

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We all know that espresso is very famous in the world. However, Italian coffee shops are all called Bar, in addition to coffee, you can also drink wine here, what is more interesting is that many local people add wine to their coffee in the morning, such as Corretto, which is a mixture of Espresso and similar brandy.

Coffee was introduced into Europe from Venice, Italy, in the 16th century. At that time, Venice was an important European port and had frequent trade with countries in North Africa, Egypt and the Middle East. Traders in the Middle East brought coffee to Venice and became a very popular exotic drink there. At that time, Vatican conservatives even called the coffee drunk by Middle Eastern Muslims "Satan's drink" and tried to curb the habit of drinking coffee. It is said that Pope Komian VIII said after drinking coffee: "this devil's drink is so delicious that we should baptize it instead of an army of demons." Whether this statement is true or not, coffee has since become a common drink in Europe, and many countries have developed their own unique coffee culture.

The espresso Espresso, which Italy is proud of, was born in the 1910s. An inventor made a coffee machine that quickly pushed pressurized boiling water through a coffee filter to make coffee with a texture as fragrant and delicate as milk, which was called "crema caff è" at the time. Different from the time-consuming traditional boiling method, the pressurized coffee machine met the needs of the main Italian cities with rapid population and efficiency at that time, which in turn led to the coffee industry in Italy as a whole.

After the end of World War II, Gaggia, a major Italian coffee maker, mastered the manufacturing technology of pressurized coffee machines and pushed crema caff è into Milan's fashion trend, further gaining international fame. With the development of science and technology, the size of the coffee machine has shrunk and the cost of manufacturing has been reduced. Crema caff è is no longer just the monopoly of the rich. From making a cup of crema caff è to drinking it, it usually takes less than ten minutes. Bar in Italy developed a rather unique "in piedi" culture, hence the name "Il caff è espresso", which means "fast".

Espresso is the essence of espresso, using steam pressure to extract the coffee. The name of the drink means "very fast". Unlike people in other countries who sit down and "sigh" coffee, they mostly have a culture of standing up and drinking a cup of coffee quickly and leaving in a few minutes. They also like to have another glass of Espresso after dinner for dinner, or for them, caffeine is already in the blood and there is no problem of not sleeping at all.

Most Italians always like to drink Espresso,Espresso is the basis of all coffee, can best drink the original taste of coffee. Of course, the taste of coffee varies from place to place, for example, most people in China like to drink Latte, Cappuccino, Mocha and so on, while few people like to taste the taste of Espresso.

But for espresso, Qianjie Coffee thinks that if it can accept strong coffee, it is a good choice. After all, espresso will enlarge the flavor of coffee, and you can taste the sour, sweet and bitter coffee more clearly in espresso. The front street coffee is made of [Colombia] + [Brazil], the bright but soft acidity in the mouth is charming, the nutty flavor begins to emerge in the middle, and the caramel in the end is very long-lasting. If you like to drink milk coffee, this recipe is also a good choice. This kind of coffee is sour and sweet. The sweetness of this coffee is improved after adding milk, and the flavor of cookies when it is cold is also very surprising.

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