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Double-shot Americano Coffee Facts with a dash of Comic Discussion
FunkyTuba:
One reason the macchiato varies so much: macchiato means "marked" or "stained", the question is what's being marked...
a caffe macchiato is mostly coffee marked with milk
a latte macchiato is mostly milk marked with coffee
Chain stores tend to mean the latter. a "caramel macchiato" is more precisely "a latte macchiato with caramel flavors added"
Storel:
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 13 Feb 2014, 19:22 ---Coffee is basically less concentrated espresso. And espresso is basically more concentrated coffee. (Well, a particular type of bean, but yeah) So a red eye is a cup of coffee with a shot of espresso to make it stronger.
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So what you call a coffee we call a weak espresso. That no-one ever orders ever.
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"Espresso" is coffee beans, very finely ground and then extracted at high pressure with steam about 15-20 grams at a time. Very tricky to get right and important to have the right equipment. You end up with a small shot (~1 oz/25 ml) that can be drunk by itself or mixed into other drinks. It's thick, syrupy, and contains lots of flavor and volatile oils and stuff when done right.
"what we call Coffee" is more coarsely ground coffee beans, then extracted at (usually) ambient pressure with water just below boiling usually between 195-205F. You end up with 6-10 ounces (or way more) of more of a rounded or mellow flavored but still strong drink. Strength depends on which method of extraction you use and how much coffee you use. At home I use a french press, 2 oz/60 grams of coarsely ground coffee to about 20oz (600ml) of water and I let it steep for about 4 minutes.
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Exactly. Basically, "coffee" is what you make in a standard drip coffee maker, like a Mr Coffee. "Espresso" is what you make in an espresso machine.
Are there really places that have forgotten what just plain coffee is??
Method of Madness:
I make coffee in my cheap French press. I usually cold brew it when I feel like making it, but I don't drink coffee enough for it to be worth the fridge space.
GarandMarine:
Up your game fellow coffee drinkers: http://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth
rschill:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 15 Feb 2014, 06:12 ---Up your game fellow coffee drinkers: http://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth
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Hmmm, I'm thinking of getting into cold brew, but I don't know If I want to get that into it.
Time to buy a new French press though.
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