The Origin and History of espresso the origin and history of espresso

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The origin of espresso and espresso

Expresso is considered a spelling mistake by usage experts, who laugh at it for deviating from the original Italian. An early theory of the etymology of the word made the experts more boldly opposed to the spelling. It is believed that espresso in espresso does not refer to the "instant" nature of coffee, but that coffee is "squeezed". Espresso is the past participle of esprimere and comes from the Latin word exprimere. However, it turns out that there is a problem with this reasoning.

Exprimere is the ancestor of our word express. In Latin, Exprimere does mean "squeeze" or "squeeze" among other things. The English verb express means to squeeze out (something, if juice) by pressure, which accurately describes what happens when making espresso-hot water is squeezed out through coffee grounds through steam pressure (about 9 atmospheres).

It is also coffee, especially when used in Italian restaurants, it is possible to quickly "customize" the meaning as a whole from the brewing coffee pot, while Italian esprimere means "expression" of the "input word" or "coffee" does not mean to "suppress" those early uses claimed by commentators.

This has led etymologists to rethink the link between espresso and coffee bean crushing, as well as with the mode of delivery-making coffee "explicitly" for customers.

So does this mean that we have always been wrong about expresso? No, I didn't. Espresso (espresso) is still the original foreign word of Espresso (espresso), but expresso is used enough in English to be included in the dictionary, and there is no x (disqualified) in its Italian etymology. Think of expresso as a weird, nervous variant.

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