Why is the authentic espresso so small?

As an Italian who has lived in Guangzhou for five years, Romeo is glad to be able to drink Italian coffee to his satisfaction in Guangzhou. As a local Italian, the Touch bar in Pearl River New Town is also the foothold of the International Academy of Coffee Taste. In addition to handmade drawbar coffee machines and excellent baristas, three standard coffee cups also show pride here-whether it's cappuccino or espresso cups, the standards here are smaller than those outside. Why is the cup of authentic espresso so small? Romeo, from Milan, the fashion capital, wears a coffee suit and gently picks up a cup of espresso with two fingers as if he were trying to tell me the answer in an elegant posture.

Of course, beauty is not the most persuasive reason. "for a long time in the past, the original espresso cup did not have a proper standard shape, until it took the Italian coffee institute two years to discover the shape of a standard espresso cup. It should be the bottom half of an egg cut in half. When coffee flows into the cup, this shape is most favorable for the grease that occurs when coffee is mixed with air to turn out along the round wall, giving rise to the best aroma and taste. " Romeo drew a small picture of "grease comes back with a move" and said, of course, the temperature is very important, because if it is cold, it will not taste good, and this size and thickness will allow you to stick to the best temperature in the process of 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. In Italy, many people go to the coffee shop for a drink on their way to work in the morning, so a barista often has to make hundreds of cups of coffee in two or three hours. Drink faster, too. "Coffee ranks first among the most awaited flavors in Italy, and the second is bread, so when you get the espresso, you will smell it deeply, take a sip, say hello to the people around you, and then drink it in one sip." While 25ml's espresso is only reliable in a standard small cup, you should understand why Italian cappuccino cups or latte cups are smaller, because no Italian will spend a long time sighing a cup of coffee that no longer tastes good.