Coffee classification: espresso and American coffee

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Espresso is Italian, mostly translated as espresso or espresso or espresso, which means "make coffee for you right away". In the current global coffee market, Italian coffee can be said to be the largest mainstream.

Because of Italy's exquisite traditional craftsmanship and romantic national personality, these factors have made the trend of Italian coffee sweeping the world. Take Taiwan as an example. At present, people who drink espresso coffee account for more than half of the existing coffee market, and almost all of them are young people with high spending power. Judging from the number of coffee shops alone, about 80% of the coffee slices in Taiwan now belong to the Italian coffee shop type.

What is espresso? To put it simply, Italian coffee is based on the mechanism of Italian coffee, which uses atmospheric pressure to let hot water pass through freshly ground coffee powder to extract the essence of coffee. Its most important feature is that the production time is quite short, and the aroma of coffee is strong. Compared with other kinds of coffee, caffeine is also lower.

American coffee (Italian: Caff è Americano, English: Americano) is a coffee practice. It is usually made by adding hot water to espresso. [1] or make it with an espresso machine. After the espresso has been extracted, continue to let the machine supply water until a full cup of coffee. American coffee can be said to be the general name of black coffee. Whether it is a French filter pot or hand-brewed coffee can be generally referred to as American style. In Italy, American coffee is usually a cup of hot water next to Espresso that you can add. The ratio of espresso to water depends on your taste.

What is espresso? Espresso refers to all modified coffee drinks based on espresso (Espresso) made by espresso machines. For example, we usually drink those American coffee Americano, latte Caffe latte, cappuccino Cappuccino, Frappie Flat White. Can not do without espresso (Espresso), they are based on espresso, with different proportions of milk or water to form.