• cmac@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Why is chocolate milk on this graphic but not regular (non-espresso) coffee? The chocolate milk is the only thing without espresso in it.

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      10 months ago

      There is no “non-espresso” coffee in Italy. You’re basically describing how the Americano came to be.

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        10 months ago

        Espresso is coffee brewed by forcing water through the grounds at high pressure. As opposed to “regular” coffee made in something like a drip coffee maker, pour over cone, or French press.

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        10 months ago

        Espresso is so much better. The coffee is more full-bodied, smooth, and nuanced. You must not have had good espresso.

        Drip coffee is just dirty water.

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        10 months ago

        Sounds like you either don’t like strong flavors, or haven’t had good espresso. Modern espresso even can have paper filters.

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      10 months ago

      because regular coffee is for peasants. it’s so god awful that hot chocolate is better.

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    10 months ago

    Vietnamese Iced Coffee (Cà Phê Sữa Dá)

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    Coconut milk
    Condensed milk
    Espresso
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      10 months ago

      I’ve personally have never heard of coconut milk in cà phê sữa đá (iced [condensed] milk coffee) before.

      You must be thinking about cà phê dừa (coconut coffee), which usually has coconut milk and condensed milk

      Though a hot small cup of cà phê trứng (egg coffee) is the best. You beat egg yolk into condensed milk and sugar, and then pour it into coffee. And it’s so nice and creamy

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    10 months ago

    Hate it when I order a Ristretto but the waiter brings an espresso. Great, now I am 5% more energized than I wanted to be

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      10 months ago

      I know this is a joke but as a burgeoning espresso snob, I can’t help myself from explaining:

      A ristretto’s importance is in its stronger coffee flavor. It’s the same amount of coffee, but with less water run through the grounds. In a standard espresso, that last little bit of coffee added beyond a ristretto pull is much more watery, and so it mellows out the flavor. A ristretto is sharper and more of a punch. In my opinion, its most effective use is in a flat white, in which the aim is to remove as much water from the equation as possible and really let the coffee flavor shine through into the smaller amount of milk. Both ingredients’ flavors are more apparent in a flat white than in, say, a latte, which is in some regards a watered down flat white.

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    10 months ago

    Neat. This has more than one seen on other charts. I guess only Italian variations, though? I was looking for cortado, but it’s Spanish. It’s most similar to the flat white but with 50/50 espresso and milk

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    10 months ago

    They missed mine,

    2tsp dark brown sugar 8 drops of vanilla extract 1/2 tsp chocolate powder 4 shots espresso made with the other ingredients already in the cup Lightly stir

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          Yep - Italian cappuccino has no chocolate foam and the variation is the amount of milk. All of them, including the flat white, use steamed milk with variations on the foam by how it’s been steamed (i.e. introducing a lot of foam or next to none).