Rico's Guide To Coffe-Making~!
Hi this is Rico. As you all probably have known, I'm a barista from the best ever-famous coffee shop in town SGuard Coffee, a newly-opened coffee shop in town. In this occasion I'd like to tell your sorry asses you, whether you are a frequent or a Barista yourself, about various types of coffee drinks offered by our shop regular coffee shops. if you are a frequent, this might help you sort through things when you're looking at various strange Italian names coffee types in the menu. Now let's start.
1.) Espresso
This is a very thick shot of coffee essence, racked with caffeine. Only around 30 mL, but it's enough to get the job done, be it keeping you awake for the night or getting rid of headache. Double-shot Espresso is called Doppio, which is basically the same except it is 60 mL instead of thirty. A smaller dose of Espresso is called Ristretto. It's 22 mL, thicker, and more powerful. Espresso is supposed to be taken plain, without sugar or cream, to savor the taste. There are several people though who liked ordering espresso with cream or sugar. Weirdos. If you don't like the bitter taste of espresso, go order Latte or something geez.
2. Latte
An ever-popular coffee drink, usually taken by the noobs people who don't like bitter or rather strong taste of coffee. The name could really tell for itself: it really just consisted from milk (Latte is milk in Italian). Generally it uses around 200-300 mL of frothed (steamed) milk, put on top 60 mL of espresso. AND this is also the only coffee drink capable of meeting Barista's unfulfilled artistic talent as they allow us to show off our abilities make wonderful Latte arts by the ways of putting frothed milk on top of the espresso. Cafe au Lait is a French, milder form of Latte, using brewed coffee instead of Espresso as its base.
3. Cappuccino
Cappuccino consists of 1/3 espresso, 1/3 frothed milk, and 1/3 foam. A good Cappuccino should contain roughly 60 mL of each. You can figure out already that Cappuccino is foamy in nature and cause several people to dislike it cause who would ever wanna drink foam anyway? It feels like you're eating detergents, but people who enjoy coffee like it better than Latte simply because it's stronger. The only difference between Latte and Cappuccino is simply the amount of foam, which goes all the way back to milk frothing method. A noob barista would end up making Latte anyway even though they are requested to make Cappuccino, simply because they don't know how to froth the milk to produce more foam.
4.) Macchiato
This is the stupidest, most pointless drink ever invented, despite the rather hi-tech name. Macchiato is a single or double shot of espresso with a dot of foam milk on top of it. It is easy to make, but rare to find people who frequently order it. Speaking of nature it's quite a strange drink. Not Espresso, not Latte, not Cappuccino, just a little bit of everything put together. It's quite a nice variation if you're bored of everything else.
5.) Americano
This is not the song of Lady Gaga. For people who don't like their Espresso thick, Americano is a lighter form of Espresso. It's basically 30 mL of Espresso diluted with twice the amount of water. It's called Americano simply cause it's invented for the Americans, who didn't like their Espresso as thick. It's obvious. A simple drink to make, and very popular.
Allright folks that's all for today. I will post you another update when I have time. Pretty tired now and still have those damn med essays due the day after tomorrow. And a hospital visit after that. Sigh. Life as a medical student is miserable.
Agh shit my head is hurting again.
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