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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.
Latte (/ ˈ l ɑː t eɪ, ˈ l æ t eɪ /) [1] [2] or caffè latte (Italian: [kafˌfɛ lˈlatte]), [3] [4] also known as caffè e latte, caffellatte, or caffelatte, is a coffee drink of Italian origin made with espresso and steamed milk, traditionally served in a glass.
A related but separate translation of the Italian caffetteria is coffee house or café: an establishment in which caffè was traditionally made with a Moka. These places became common in the 19th century specifically for enjoying caffè, while the habit of caffè drinking at home started at the beginning of the 20th century, when caffettiera ...
Ciabatta (whose Italian basic meaning is 'slipper') Coffee (from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahveh, and Arabic qahwah, perhaps from Kaffa region of Ethiopia, a home of the plant) [25] Espresso (from espresso 'expressed') Fava; Frascati; Fusilli (Italian: fusillo, pl. fusilli; a derivative form of the word fuso, meaning 'spindle')
Examples of Italian diminutive words used in English are mostly culinary, like spaghetti (plural diminutive of "spago", meaning "thin string" or "twine"), linguine (named for its resemblance to little tongues ("lingue", in Italian)), bruschetta and zucchini.
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.
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. [3] Latte art is a visible sign of a trained barista and well-frothed milk. A barista with his mobile espresso bar in Ystad, Sweden, 2013
The motivation for the caffè crema is that it produces a traditional large cup of coffee, just as brewed coffee does: the small size of espresso is due to the original Gaggia lever espresso machine of 1948 requiring manual pressure, and thus a single (solo) espresso of 30 millilitres (1.1 imp fl oz; 1.0 US fl oz) was the maximum that could ...