Espresso and Cappuccino are well known coffee drinks even if you are remotely familiar with coffee drinks available. Ever since Espresso machines became popular in homes and cafes, there are newer coffee drinks becoming popular and offer so many choices to coffee lovers.

Here are some of the popular coffee drinks:

Also known as Short Black, this is strong, dark coffee having chocolate-brown layer of crema on the top. For rich and thick espresso, the coffee beans should be roasted to dark brown and finely ground. Espresso is usually poured in small cups of 25 – 30 ml.

How to make Espresso coffee?

Making Espresso coffee using an Espresso machine is quite simple. Here are the steps for making standard Espresso coffee:

• Get coffee beans of good quality and roast them until they become very dark.
• Once you got the dark roasted Espresso beans, grind them so that they become fine powder.
• Fill the handle of the machine with finely ground coffee beans.
• Before you turn on your espresso machine, place the cup under the handle.
• Now, you get creamy, espresso coffee.

‘Cappuccino’ is derived from the Italian word ‘Capuchin’. The Catholic Capuchin monks wear headdress that bear a likeness to the frothy layer of cappuccino.

The standard Cappuccino is prepared by pouring steamed milk and frothed milk into espresso with chocolate flakes sprinkled over the top. Usually the froth should be thick enough to stay over the rim of the cup.

How to make Cappuccino?

Cappuccino is made of equal shots of espresso, steamed milk and frothy milk. To make good cappuccino, the ratio should be 1/3 espresso, 1/3 very hot milk and 1/3 thick foam of milk. The hot milk is added with espresso coffee and finally, some sugar.

Here are the steps for making traditional Cappuccino coffee:

• Get coffee beans of good quality and roast them until they become very dark.
• Once you got the dark roasted Espresso beans, grind them so that they become fine powder.
• Fill the handle of the machine with finely ground coffee beans.
• Get very hot milk and also heat foam.
• Add steamed milk and milk froth with espresso.
• Sprinkle chocolate flakes over the top, if you like.

Espresso Lungo

Espresso Lungo is a mild Espresso and prepared by mixing some hot water (usually, one or two ounces) with standard Espresso and served in large cups.

Espresso Americano

Espresso Americano is made by adding the standard Espresso coffee on the top of hot water in a large cup so that coffee cream stays on the top of hot water

Ristretto

This is very strong espresso coffee served in much smaller cups (1/2 ounce).

Latte

Latte is an Italian word meaning milk.

Latte is espresso with steamed milk and a small cap of milk froth on the top and generally served in a glass.

Macchiato

This is espresso with steamed milk or a shot of foam added, usually served in a small cup. Macchiato is usually made of one part of milk and four parts of espresso.

Doppio

This is double espresso and is made of two shots of espresso and served in small cups of about 50 ml.

Mocha

This is espresso with hot chocolate and hot, steamed milk added, usually served in a glass.

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