Millions of people do not imagine their lives without coffee. If you also treat them, then this article is just for you, since in it we will tell you how to prepare espresso coffee.
Espresso is a way of making coffee. Its peculiarity is that when cooking in a coffee machine, water under pressure passes through a thin layer of coffee. From the Italian word "espresso" is translated as cooked under the press. It is believed that with this method of cooking, all harmful impurities remain in the coffee grounds, and we get a strong aromatic drink, which is spared by our heart and stomach. Espresso was invented in Italy, so the best Italian espresso can be tried there. But what if the taste of this divine drink is so desirable to feel here and now, and Italy is so far away? Of course, you can go to a restaurant or a bar and order coffee there, but we'll tell you how to prepare an espresso at home.
Preparing to prepare espresso
In order for you to get a fragrant drink, we will tell you not only how to properly cook espresso, but also about the subtleties of preparation, which also affect the result.
So, you need a coffee machine, a coffee grinder. To grind coffee beans, you can use an electric coffee grinder, but it is still preferable to use a manual grinder. When buying coffee beans, choose the freshest ones, because of dry coffee it will not taste as delicious and fragrant. Now about the cups in which the espresso is served. It is believed that the best material for the cups is porcelain, while their volume should not exceed 60-65 ml, and the walls should be thick. The most preferred form of the inner part is the shape of the egg. Only such a cup will be able to preserve the most important qualities of the drink - its density and foam. Now you can talk about how to cook espresso.
How to prepare an espresso?
Ingredients:
- crushed coffee - 7 g;
- water - 30 ml.
Preparation
Preheated coffee machine for 10-15 minutes. In the coffee machine's horn we fall asleep coffee, we compact it. Before installing the horn, turn on the water supply. This is done in order for the resulting steam to form. Now you can install the horn. We warm up the cups, having previously coated them with boiling water. We substitute the cup under the horn and turn on the water supply. If the cup fills in 15-25 seconds, and the trickle with black turns to light brown, it's foam, then everything turned out right, and you got an excellent espresso.
How to cook espresso in a Turkish?
In order to get a real espresso, you need a coffee machine. And what if there is none? You can try to cook it in a Turk, but its taste, of course, will differ from cooked in a coffee maker.
Ingredients:
- Ground coffee - 2 tsp;
- water 60 ml;
- sugar - to taste.
Preparation
Pour coffee into the Turkish, warm it up a little on the fire, if you want to get a drink with sugar, then you need to add it now, before adding water. Now pour in boiled water cooled to 40 degrees. As soon as the coffee is going to boil, immediately remove it from the heat, stir it and put it back on fire until it boils. How to boil, pour into a cup and cover with a saucer for 1 minute.
How to make espresso with milk?
Ingredients:
- ground coffee - 7 g:
- water - 30 ml;
- foam of beaten milk - 1 coffee spoon.
Preparation
For the preparation of espresso-mokiato, which is how Italians call espresso with milk, we prepare coffee according to the classical espresso scheme. Whisk the milk to foam. In a cup with a ready drink, we lay out literally a coffee spoon of milky foam.
Espresso varieties are:
- Ristretto - the principle of cooking does not differ from the preparation of classical espresso, but the difference is that this coffee is stronger. At the same volume of coffee, water is less, that is, 7 grams of coffee is only 15-20 ml of water.
- Lungo - when preparing this espresso for the same 7 g of coffee water goes 2 times more, that is up to 60 ml.
- Doppio is just a double espresso. That is, 14 g of coffee is 60 ml of water.
We hope that you will choose the most suitable recipe for yourself and enjoy the wonderful taste and aroma of espresso.