I love having a cappuccino for breakfast, its a double espresso with steamed milk foam.
Man, do I love coffee. Except, I have only ever had it black. I don't even know what espresso is!
Espresso is a coffee brewed by expressing or forcing out a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
Hmmm, sounds kinda cool. But what does it taste like?
Espresso
Espresso (, ) is coffee of Italian origin, brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure ("expressing") through finely ground coffee beans. Espresso is generally thicker than coffee brewed by other methods, has a higher concentration of suspended and dissolved solids, and has "crema" on top (a foam with a creamy consistency). As a result of the pressurized brewing process, the flavors and chemicals in a typical cup of espresso are very concentrated. Espresso is also the base
"cap" of milk foam "monk's head", although it originally had nothing to do with the name of the beverage.
Although coffee was brewed differently all over Europe after the Second World War, in Italy, the real espresso machines became widespread only during the 1950s, and "cappuccino" was redefined, now made from espresso and frothed milk (although far from the quality of "microfoam" steamed milk today). As the espresso machines improved, so did the dosing of coffee and the heating of