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My very first encounter with the stove top espresso maker or as it is also known the “macchineta” was when I resided in Spain. These units were found in just about every household in the town where I lived. I never fail to marvel at how inventive people are when it comes to making some very desirable coffee.
The Bialetti Moka Express Espresso Maker – the original aluminium stove-top espresso maker and a style icon from the golden age of Art Deco design. All pressure valves on the Bialtti Moka Express are fitted with top quality stainless steel springs and ball bearings for safety and durability. (more…)
As ridiculous as the title of this article reads, it is indeed a sad fact that I have spent the last several years spending exorbitant amounts of money on my favorite morning commute beverage. Four years of intense undergraduate studies fueled my addiction to the perfect black brew, while turning me into nothing short of a coffee snob.
Espresso is a traditional coffee drink invented by the French, but perfected by the Italians. You can associate the word “espresso” with the English word “press”, for that is the fundamental action pertaining to both the ground coffee – which is pressed into a compact disc – and the machine used to make it, which forces or “presses” hot water through the disc of coffee.
An espresso is a beverage made by forcing water heated to just below the boiling point through a filter of tamped, finely ground coffee beans. A single serving of espresso is a 1.25 to 1.5 ounce coffee concentrate topped with a thin layer of foam (referred to as the crema).
After a hectic day at office, with an unimaginable load of work and your boss finding a thousand faults in your work, do you come back home and find the relaxation of a day in a cup of espresso? Well, then you are not the only one. Like you, there are millions around the globe who greedily lay their hands on a cup of espresso after a hard day’s work. Espresso or caff?
