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Cappuccino (/ ˌ k æ p ʊ ˈ tʃ iː n oʊ / ⓘ, Italian: [kapputˈtʃiːno]; from German Kapuziner) [1] is an espresso-based coffee drink that is traditionally prepared with steamed milk including a layer of milk foam.
Espresso is a coffee brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans. The term espresso comes from the Italian esprimere, which means 'to express', and refers to the process by which hot water is forced under pressure through ground coffee. [33]
The main coffee port in Italy is Trieste where there is also a lot of coffee processing industry. [2] Italian coffee consumption, often espresso, is highest in the city of Trieste, with an average of 1500 cups of coffee per person per year. That is about twice as much as is usually drunk in Italy. [3]
Caffè latte (Italian: [kafˌfɛ lˈlatte]), [1] [2] also known as caffè e latte, caffellatte, or caffelatte, commonly shortened to just latte (/ ˈ l ɑː t eɪ, ˈ l æ t eɪ /) in English, [3] [4] is a coffee drink of Italian origin made with espresso and steamed milk, traditionally served in a glass.
(In both Spanish and Italian, these may be formed similarly, e.g. igualito – diminutive of igual, same and pochino or pochettino - diminutive of poco, a little/a few). Many variants of Swabian also have a plural diminutive suffix: -la. E.g.: "oi Mädle, zwoi Mädla."
Dilettante (in Italian means 'amateur') Ditto; Genoa after the city; Gonzo (in Italian means 'simpleton', 'diddled') Humanist (through French from Italian umanista) Inferno (in Italian means 'hell') Latrine (through Italian plural latrine from Latin lavatrina) Lido (in Italian means 'coast', usually 'sandy coast') Lipizzan (Italian: lipizzano)
In languages with a singular/dual/plural paradigm, the exact meaning of plural depends on whether the dual is obligatory or facultative (optional). [16] In contrast to English and other singular/plural languages where plural means two or more, in languages with an obligatory dual, plural strictly means three or more.
Caffè lungo. Lungo (lit. ' long '), known in full in Italian as caffè lungo, is a coffee beverage made by using an espresso machine to make an Italian-style coffee—short black (a single espresso shot) with more water (generally twice as much), resulting in a larger coffee, a lungo.