What is Espresso? What kind of coffee is Espresso? How to drink espresso coffee?

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Espresso is a Way of Life

In Italy, Espresso is simply the life symphony of the local people.

In the morning, start with a cup of Latte; afterward, people like to go to the shop to drink Espresso.

Everyone waits in front of the bar counter, and after getting their first-hand coffee, they finish it in three small sips.

The customers in the shop know each other and chat, and even the barista joins the conversation.

The coffee shop thus becomes a social gathering place.

In the United States and Taiwan, Italian-style coffee shops are lined up on the streets, serving as places for young people to date and chat.

Most of them don't drink Espresso, only drinking milk-added Cappuccino or Latte.

These young people mostly don't know the delicious taste of Espresso, they just come to experience the Espresso atmosphere - presumably,

this can also be considered a kind of Espresso life!

Espresso is a Blend Coffee

Espresso is an art of blended coffee that one can spend a lifetime studying its formula.

Because of the effect of high-pressure hot water, it's easy to highlight the characteristics of single-origin coffee beans,

producing Espresso with unbalanced taste.

Therefore, every coffee company seriously develops its own formulas, even taking pride in them.

Generally speaking, natural process coffee beans have more body flavor, while washed process beans have more sweetness;

1-2 year new beans have lively acidity and texture, while aged beans are mellow and thick.

As for how to formulate the blend, it's as difficult as composing a musical concerto, relying only on the long-term experience and self-experimentation of master craftsmen,

no wonder baristas hold a revered status in Italy.

Espresso is a Roasting Method

Espresso is a roasting method. You can buy a package of "Espresso" in stores,

which refers to dark-roasted coffee beans suitable for brewing into concentrated coffee.

We have already discussed the importance of lipids in previous chapters. Emulsified lipids are the main source of body flavor,

so Espresso often uses deeper roasting to drive lipids to the exits of cell pores,

without causing them to overflow in large quantities onto the surface of coffee beans. At this time, the roasting temperature exceeds 200 degrees Celsius,

and a difference of a few seconds could ruin the entire batch of beans. Therefore, mastering the roast degree is undoubtedly an art.

Espresso is a Cuisine

Because Espresso has a rich taste, adding milk or other beverages won't dilute it,

so various additives are too numerous to count, and it can be made into various types of coffee, becoming a form of cuisine.

For example: adding Espresso to milk can make Cappuccino or Coffee Latte;

adding chocolate sauce makes Coffee Mocha;

adding only milk foam makes Espresso Macchiato;

additionally, you can add whipped cream to make Espresso Con Panna.

Espresso is the Coffee Revolution of the 20th Century

Basically, traditional coffee brewing only uses gravity and hot water;

Espresso uses artificial machines to generate pressurized hot water and quickly extract coffee substances,

which can be called the coffee revolution of the 20th century.

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