A brief discussion on the Italian coffee cup why the small coffee cup is the right size

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For a long time, the espresso cup didn't have an exact standard shape, until it took the Italian coffee institute two years to discover the shape of a standard espresso mug. It should be the bottom half of an egg cut in half.

When the coffee flows into the cup, this shape is most conducive to turning the oil produced by the coffee mixed with the air along the round wall, producing the most wonderful aroma and taste. "of course, temperature is important, because it doesn't taste good when it's cold, and this size and thickness allow you to maintain the best temperature during two mouthfuls.

Espresso means "fast" in Italian, and a standard cup of espresso extracts 25ml coffee from 7 grams of coffee powder in 25 seconds.

Elements:

One: cup capacity. The amount of (shot) espresso is about 30ml, plus a layer of oil peculiar to espresso. Fill a cup with 60ml capacity into just 2, 2, 3 cups. The coffee liquid is neither too full nor too shallow. When tasting espresso, you need to shake the coffee in the cup properly to promote the aroma, so the cup should not be too full.

Two: the cup material. The lower the thermal conductivity of the material, the better, the thermal conductivity of glass is about 1, the thermal conductivity of ceramics is about 1.5-2, but Fanyan makes a small compromise here to choose ceramic materials. Ceramic cups are much richer in shape and color patterns than monotonous glass cups. Beauty is justice! Choose ceramics! This compromise will be remedied later!

Three: the shape of the inner wall of the cup. The mouth of the glass gradually narrows to the bottom of the glass, which is a bit like a miniature red wine glass and can help to shake the fragrance of the glass. In addition, this shape makes the small amount of (30ml) espresso liquid and oil have a certain thickness, the coffee covered with thick oil will not lose temperature so quickly.

Four: the thickness of the cup body. Be sure to choose thick rather than thin. Because of the willful compromise on the material, the thickness of the cup body is chosen. A thick cup that is fully warm is more effective than a thin cup, so be sure to warm the cup or the cold and thick cup will only cool the coffee faster.

Color of the inner wall of five cups. Due to the characteristics of ceramic materials, both shape and color have rich creative space, but as the part of the cup, especially the interior of the Italian coffee cup, Kanyan will definitely choose pure white. The pure white inner wall sets off the reddish brown grease, this kind of color difference contrast is the best, the coffee liquid in the small hand shakes the cup to swing along the cup, the fat hangs on the wall, taste the aroma first and then taste, the vision, smell and taste can all be greatly satisfied.