Is Italian espresso authentic? why is there no Starbucks in Italy?

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The coffee culture in Europe has a long history, among which Italy is the most popular. Italian favorite is mellow espresso, in Italy, the essence of coffee is always only two words-concentrated.

Italy has a long and narrow territory, stretching from north to south to 1300km. Just as the roasting degree of coffee beans is different, all kinds of espresso are poles apart and there are many kinds. Today, let's unlock the common combinations and classifications of Italian coffee.

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Espresso | Classic espresso

In the traditional Italian espresso, the single concentrated coffee powder is used to extract the 1oz (about 28.35ml) espresso with hot water at a temperature of about 90 degrees Celsius at 9 to 10 atmospheric pressure for 25 seconds; the double concentrate uses 14g coffee powder and the 2oz espresso is extracted in about 25 seconds.

Espresso is the soul of Italian coffee. Other kinds of fancy coffee are all based on Espresso. Espresso generally accounts for only a small cup of coffee cup 1max 3, can be drunk in one mouthful, like drinking Shot, is a very concentrated and rich coffee. Many Italians will order a cup of Espresso at the bar and drink it up and then go to work with the caffeine they have just replenished.

Ristretto | "concentrated version" of espresso

From a semantic point of view, ristretto has a limited meaning, so ristretto is actually an espresso that limits the flow rate during the production process. For example, if espresso uses 18g espresso to extract 36g espresso in about 25 seconds, then ristretto uses 18g powder and 18g espresso in about 25 seconds, so ristretto will be very thick and can be regarded as a concentrated version of Espresso.

Lungo | "stretch version" espresso

Lungo' means "long" in Italian. To put it simply, it means coffee extracted with twice as much water as normal, using Espresso's method. A regular Espresso coffee takes 18 seconds to extract and its volume is 25 ml. If you extend the extraction time of Espresso to about one minute, the amount of liquid extracted from Lungo coffee is about 50 ml and 60 ml.

More and more tourists will also find that Starbucks, which has spread almost all over the world, has disappeared in Italy. In fact, rumors about the imminent opening of the first Starbucks in Italy have been circulating for years, and the latest version I heard was that Starbucks will take advantage of the 2015 Milan World Expo to land in Italy, which became popular last year. However, there are still two months to go before the Milan World Expo ends, but the legend of "Starbucks landing in Italy" is still a legend.

Also according to legend, Starbucks has not opened a store in Italy for fear of failure-the world's number one coffee shop chain will be a huge blow to the brand if it does not perform well in the world's largest coffee country.

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