ESPRESSO introduction

In Italy, Espresso is simply a local life concerto. In the morning, drink a latte (Latte); then, people like to drink Espresso in the store, everyone waits in front of the bar, and after getting the first-hand coffee, they drink it in three sips. The guests in the shop knew each other and talked to each other, and even the coffee maker (Barista) took part in the chat, so the cafe became a social place.

In the United States and Taiwan, Italian-style cafes are littered with places for young people to date and chat. Most of them don't drink Espresso, only cappuccino or latte with milk. Most of these young people do not know the delicacy of Espresso, but just come to see the Espresso atmosphere-presumably, this is also a kind of Espresso life!

Espresso is a kind of mixed coffee

Espresso is an art of integrated coffee that allows people to spend their whole lives studying its recipes. Because of the role of high-pressure hot water, it is easy to highlight the characteristics of a single coffee bean, resulting in taste imbalance of Espresso. Therefore, coffee companies are serious about developing their own recipes, even proud of it. Generally speaking, sun-cured coffee beans are mellow, while water-washed beans are sweeter; 1-2-year-old new beans have lively acidity and taste, while old beans are steady and thick. As for the recipe, it is as difficult as writing a music concerto, which only depends on the old master's long-term experience and self-experiment. no wonder the coffee maker has a high status in Italy.

Espresso is a baking method.

Espresso is a roasting method, and you can buy a bag of "Espresso" in the store, which refers to heavy-roasted coffee beans suitable for brewing into espresso. The importance of lipids has been discussed in the previous section. Emulsified lipids are the main source of alcoholic flavor, so Espresso often uses deeper baking to drive lipids to the outlet of the cell pores without spilling large amounts of coffee beans; when the baking temperature exceeds 200 degrees Celsius, a few seconds may destroy the whole pot of beans. Therefore, the mastery of baking degree is undoubtedly an art.

Espresso is a kind of cooking.

Due to the strong flavor of Espresso, the addition of milk or other drinks will not be diluted, so a variety of additives can be made into a variety of coffee, has become a kind of cuisine.

For example, Espresso is added to milk to make Cappuccino or Coffee Latte; chocolate sauce is added to make coffee mocha (Coffee Mocha); if only milk foam is added, it is Espresso Macchiato; in addition, fresh cream can be added to make Espresso Con Panna.

Espresso is the Coffee Revolution of the 20th Century

Basically, traditional coffee brewing only uses gravity and hot water, while Espresso uses artificial machines to generate pressurized hot water and quickly extract coffee substances, which can be said to be the coffee revolution of the 20th century.