Espresso servings (shot)

Espresso is made with coffee that ground very finely, often almost to a powder. It is prepared from coffee that’s typically roasted somewhere between medium and dark.

Near-boiling water is pushed through roughly 7 grams of compressed coffee ground.

Shot means: a single 1 ounce of coffee. Single shot means: Espresso made from single shot. This is equivalent to about 1-ounce of coffee.

A single shot of espresso contains about 80 mg of caffeine. It contains relatively small amounts of cafestol and kahweol. On top of the espresso its hallmark touch p sits a frothy crown of golden red crema. It’s created by the high-pressure dispersion of gases in the coffee.

Single shot of espresso with steamed milk in 3:1 milk to coffee ratio is called Caffe latte.

Single shot of espresso with whipped cream on top is known as Espresso con panna.

Double shot means two single servings of espresso.
Espresso servings (shot)

The term of ‘Coffee’

The term of ‘Coffee’
It is perhaps, not generally known that the word “coffee” is of Abyssinian origin. Its name is said to be derived from the city of Kaffa, near which tradition places the origin of the coffee tree.

It is stated on the contrary by Macfarlane that “coffee” is derived from the Arabic word “Kahwah” meaning wine, and that is was the name given by the Arabians to the decoction obtained from the pulp of the coffee berries.

The botanical name Coffee arabica - indicates an Arabian origin.

The coffee tree on the American continent where it grows over wide areas from Mexico southward to the southern limit of toleration, is described as a shrub rather than a tree, growing to a height of from 14 to 18 feet.

It has a rather long and slender trunk, without branches except near the top.

The roots of the plants are thin and very numerous; they grow deeply into the earth, and there is usually one central root, a counterpart of the stem of the tree, running straight down, if not interfered with by instructions.

If the soil be poor on which the coffee is cultivated, it does not reach the dimensions above stated. According to the richness of the soil it is pruned so as to vary from 6 feet in height in poor soil, to 8 or 10 feet in soil of better quality.

One of the objects of thus preventing the growth of the tree to the extreme height, is to facilitate the cultivating of the tree and the harvesting of the berries.
The term of ‘Coffee’

Derivation of the “Term Coffee.”

Derivation of the “Term Coffee.”
It is, perhaps, not generally known that the word “coffee” is of Abyssinia origin.

Its name is said to be derived from the city of Kaffa., near tradition places the origin of the coffee tree.

It is stated on the contrary by certain experts that “coffee” is derived from the Arabic word “Kahwah,” meaning wine, and that is the name govern by the Arabians to the decoction obtained from the pulp of the coffee berries.

The botanical name Coffea arabica – indicates an Arabian origin.
Derivation of the “Term Coffee.”