Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts

1/31/08

Espresso Machine


An Espresso Machine is used to produce the traditionally Italian coffee beverage called espresso.Generally, espresso is produced by forcing 90?C (200?F) water through 7-10 grams of finely ground coffee, which has been compressed with approximately 30 lbf (130 N) of force into a densely packed puck, at a pressure of 900 kPa (9 bars) or greater.
Types of espresso machine Steam-driven,Piston-driven,Pump-driven,Semi-automatic, automatic, and super automatic,Air-pressure driven

Espresso


Espresso 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 developed in Milan, Italy in the early 20th century, but up until the mid-1940s it was a beverage produced solely with steam pressure. The invention of the spring piston lever machine and its subsequent commercial success changed espresso into the beverage we know today. The defining characteristics of espresso include 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, which are between 25 and 30 ml (30ml=1 fluid ounce) in size.the presence of crema, a reddish-brown foam that 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.As a result of the high-pressure brewing process, all of the flavors and chemicals in a typical cup of coffee are concentrated. Because of its intense and high concentration of ingredients (including caffeine), espresso lends itself to mixing into other coffee based drinks, such as lattes, cappuccini, macchiato and mochas, without being diluted in the resulting drink.Despite some confusion, on a per-volume basis, espresso contains approximately three times the caffeine content as regular brewed coffee (50 mg per fluid ounce of espresso versus 14-22 mg per ounce for coffee).

1/30/08

Cocoa


Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate,the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter Cocoa solids or it may refer to the combination of both cocoa powder and cocoa butter together.Cocoa is often confused with the coca plant which can be used to create cocaine

1/28/08

Coffee Processing


Coffee Processing Processing of coffee is the method converting the raw fruit of the coffee plant into the commodity green coffee. The cherry has the fruit or pulp removed leaving the seed which is then dried. While all green coffee is processed, the method that is used varies and can have a significant effect on the flavor of roasted and brewed coffee.

Coffee


Coffee is a widely consumed stimulant beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called beans, of the coffee plant. when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia.From there, it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the 15th century had reached Persia, Turkey,and northern Africa. From the Muslim world, Coffee spread to Italy, then to the rest of Europe and the Americas.Today, coffee is one of the most popular beverages worldwide.Coffee has played an important role in many societies throughout modern history. In Africa and Yemen, it was used in religious ceremonies. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its consumption until the reign of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.It was banned in Ottoman Turkey in the 17th century for political reasons, and was associated with rebellious political activities in Europe.

Cappuccino


Cappuccino is an Italian coffee-based drink prepared with espresso, hot milk, and milk foam.latte with the total of espresso and milk/foam making up between approximately five and six ounces (148-177 ml).A cappuccino differs from a caff? latte in that it is prepared with much less steamed or textured milk than the caff? A Cappuccino is traditionally served in a porcelain cup, which has far better heat retention characteristics than glass or paper. The foam on top of the cappuccino acts as an insulator and helps retain the heat of the liquid

1/26/08

Arabica


Coffea Arabica is a species of coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen. It is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee". Coffea arabica is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, being grown in southwest Arabia for well over 1,000 years. It is considered to produce better coffee than the other major commercially grown coffee species, Coffea canephora (robusta). Arabica contains less caffeine than any other commercially cultivated species of coffee. arabica is market share around the world 80 percent coffee drinker conclude arabica is good quality and delicious sometimes to call Brazil coffee because that come from Brazil variety coffee is Typica,Bourbon,Caturra,Mundo,Novo,Tico,San Ramonand,Jamaica Blue Mountain

Aroma of coffee


Aroma of coffee Coffee preparation is the process of turning coffee beans into a beverage. While the particular steps needed vary with the type of coffee desired and with the raw material being utilized, the process is composed of four basic steps; raw coffee beans must be roasted, the roasted coffee beans must then be ground, the ground coffee must then be mixed with hot water for a certain time (brewed), and finally the liquid coffee must be separated from the now used and unwanted grounds. coffee drinker know smell of coffee and all type of smell coffee is unlike.variety coffee be interesting is Africa-Arabia,Congo or shallot cooffee which smell acid resemble Latin America and flower.Ethiopia,Kenya and Congo is like drinking