Coffee

Espresso

Every single morning I wake up with the sound of the coffee machine and

smell of my favorite espresso! I always start the day with this rich, aromatic, velvety cup of heaven!

You can make nearly real Italian espresso using few tips for home barista

          A standard espresso shot is 7g of coffee in 30ml of water – you can amp this up by adding more coffee or reducing the water.

         Use fresh water only. Discard any water that's been sitting in the tank for a few days.

         Adjust the grind fineness until you can get the machine to give you 30ml of espresso after about 20 seconds. (This time – which is called "extraction" – doesn't include the few seconds of "preinfusion" some machines go through.)

         Warm up the cups by leaving them on the cup warmer (if there is one) or running hot water into them

          If you want a "long black", add an espresso shot to hot water rather than extracting it for a long time. Over-extraction causes bitterness.

  Espresso has a creamy, pale, golden froth on top of the dark brown coffee. It's called the crema, and it's perhaps the most important thing that distinguishes espresso from other types of coffee. Crema is actually caramel. The high temperature and pressure in an espresso machine caramelize the sugar naturally present in coffee, aerate it, and expel it with the espresso.

  Perfect crema should be thick and stable, and preserve the coffee flavor, aroma and temperature. The state of the crema can help you diagnose where your espresso making may be going wrong.

( I don’t mention milk, because I’m dairy free but you feel free to add it to your favorite drink)

     Drink the espresso within a few minutes of it being made.

Its not only the pleasure of dinking, you get more benefits of it:

·       Just smelling coffee could make you less stressed.

·       Coffee could lessen the symptoms of Parkinson's d

isease.

·       Coffee can make you feel happier.

·       Coffee is great for your liver (especially if you drink alcohol).

·            Coffee consumption has been linked to lower levels of suicide…drink coffee...Im telling you ;-)

 .    Coffee could reduce your chances of getting skin cancer (if you're a woman).

·       Coffee can make you a better athlete

·       Coffee could reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

·       Drinking coffee could help keep your brain healthier for longer.

For more information visit: here

If you've ever heard someone warn that coffee makes you dehydrated, you can ignore the myth and keep sipping your cup of joy. According to a new U.K. study published in the PLOS ONE online science publication, your caffeine kick won't cause dehydration. 

    In addition to not dehydrating you, results showed the coffee actually      contributed to a person's daily fluid requirements. 

   

(The study was funded by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a nonprofit that focuses on the study of coffee and health. here)

 COFFEE IS THE BEST THING EVER. KEEP DRINKING It… of course moderately .

In a cold winter evening there is nothing more delicious than a hot coffee cocktail in front of a fireplace:

In a warm glass pour 20 gr. good quality Irish whiskey and light it.

In a few seconds add slowly 20 gr. coffee liqueur Kahlua, 1 hot espresso and some warm hazelnut rice milk. A dash of cinnamon will not hurt!

Pic from here