http://www.yadoz.com/2006/11/23/what-exactly-is-espresso/ Just another day on the Internet... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:11:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.yadoz.com/2006/11/23/what-exactly-is-espresso/#comment-25 Definition of Espresso Recipes Cooking Food Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:13:01 +0000 http://www.yadoz.com/2006/11/23/what-exactly-is-espresso/#comment-25 [...] The qualitative definition of espresso includes a thicker consistency than drip coffee, a higher amount of dissolved solids than drip coffee per relative volume, and a serving size that is usually measured in shots. Espresso is chemically complex and volatile, with many of its chemical components degrading from oxidation or loss of temperature. Properly brewed espresso has three major parts: the heart, body and, the most distinguishing factor, the presence of crema, which is a reddish-brown foam which floats on the surface of the espresso. It is composed of vegetable oils, proteins and sugars. Crema has elements of both emulsion and foam colloid. [...] […] The qualitative definition of espresso includes a thicker consistency than drip coffee, a higher amount of dissolved solids than drip coffee per relative volume, and a serving size that is usually measured in shots. Espresso is chemically complex and volatile, with many of its chemical components degrading from oxidation or loss of temperature. Properly brewed espresso has three major parts: the heart, body and, the most distinguishing factor, the presence of crema, which is a reddish-brown foam which floats on the surface of the espresso. It is composed of vegetable oils, proteins and sugars. Crema has elements of both emulsion and foam colloid. […]

]]> http://www.yadoz.com/2006/11/23/what-exactly-is-espresso/#comment-21 » Esspresso Is Not Only For Lovers of Gourment Coffee Topica Articles Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:39:20 +0000 http://www.yadoz.com/2006/11/23/what-exactly-is-espresso/#comment-21 [...] Espresso (Italian) is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling, water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder. Espresso was invented and has undergone development in Milan, Italy since the beginning of the 20th century, but up until the mid 1940s it was a beverage produced solely with steam pressure. [...] […] Espresso (Italian) is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling, water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder. Espresso was invented and has undergone development in Milan, Italy since the beginning of the 20th century, but up until the mid 1940s it was a beverage produced solely with steam pressure. […]

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