An espresso does not contain any milk. It is just a shot of plain black coffee. When you add steamed milk and froth to espresso in the ratio of 1:1:1, you get a cappuccino. Are cappuccinos considered coffee? A cappuccino is a popular coffee drink that’s made by topping a shot of espresso with steamed … Read more
We’re always happy to have an excuse to talk about espresso, and the big language thing to note is that it’s pronounced “espresso,” not “expresso.” We even saw some people spell it ‘esspreso’, ‘exspresso’, ‘espreso’, ‘expreso’, which is just utterly offensive. Do Italians say espresso or expresso? In Italian, this coffee is known as caffè … Read more
Espresso is the word borrowed from Italian to mean “ coffee brewed by forcing hot water through finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans” In Italian this word means “made for one serving” or “made at the customer’s request,” to distinguish it from coffee brewed in a pot. What is espresso named after? The origin of … Read more
Because of the similarity of espresso to the english word express—and the promise of coffee being prepared with relative swiftness in contrast to percolating devices, it naturally caught on for espresso to be interpreted as expresso— reflecting the “express” nature of delivery —and consequently spelled as such. Is it pronounced espresso or expresso? We’re always … Read more