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An espresso tamper, grinder, and knockbox. A knockbox (informally known as a "bash bin", "coffee column", "slam piece" or "bang bang") is a device used to store spent espresso grounds, called a puck, after a shot of espresso has been pulled.
Luigi Bezzera and one of the first espresso machines at the World Expo 1906 in Milan, Italy Bezzera Eagle 2 Coffee Maker, presented at Central Cafe Budapest. Seventeen years later, in 1901, Luigi Bezzera, from Milan, devised and patented several improvements to the espresso machine, the first of which was applied for on 19 December 1901. Titled ...
Multiple machine designs have been created to produce espresso. Several machines share some common elements, such as a grouphead and a portafilter. An espresso machine may also have a steam wand which is used to steam and froth liquids (such as milk) for coffee drinks such as cappuccino and caffè latte. Espresso machines may be steam-driven ...
But stay-at-home husbands (like episode host Jason Momoa) can still keep the house clean with such appliances as a dishwasher with a 70-pound steel door, a washing machine 6 feet in height, and a 240-horsepower riding lawnmower-like vacuum cleaner with a stain remover that looks and acts like a jackhammer. [276]
The US coffee chain has not reported a full-year figure for China sales. Xiamen-based Luckin said its unaudited net income for 2023 reached 2.85 billion yuan ($396 million), compared to 488 ...
A French missionary brought coffee to Yunnan province in the late 19th century, marking the crop's introduction to China. [1] However, the modern Chinese coffee cultivation industry began in 1988 when the Chinese government, The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme jointly initiated a program to introduce coffee growing in the region. [1]
In 1985, they launched the first completely automatic espresso machine for domestic use, called Superautomatica and in 1999 they bought the historic espresso brand of Gaggia. [2] In May 2009, the company board agreed to a purchase offer from Dutch manufacturer Philips, owner of the Senseo coffee system, subject to shareholder and bank approval. [3]
Doppio espresso (Italian:) is a double shot which is extracted using double the amount of ground coffee in a larger-sized portafilter basket. [1] This results in 60 ml (2.1 imp fl oz; 2.0 US fl oz) of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. [2] Doppio is Italian multiplier, meaning 'double'.