Types of Coffee

1. Cappuccino

An Italian coffee-based drink, Cappuccino is a strong coffee with frothy cream and topped with a pinch of powdered chocolate. It is believed that the name “Cappuccino” is taken from a Franciscan or Capuchin monk whose tonsured head looks like the white central part of the coffee, due to milk, and surrounded brown circle, due to coffee. A traditional cappuccino is served in a special white cup, similar to a teacup.

2. Espresso

Also known as cafè espresso, Espresso is another famous Italian coffee which is brewed by forcing very hot water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder. Developed in Milan, Italy, in the early 20th century, Espresso is now the main type of coffee in most of southern Europe such as Italy, France, Portugal and Spain. It is also popular in Argentina, Brazil and Cuba, and urban centers in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

3. Americano

With a single shot of espresso and about 7 ounces of hot water added to the mix, you’ll get another great coffee drink, Americano. Developed during the Second World War, Americano was not popular in the United States at the time of its origin. However, this coffee drink became more popular in the United States in the 1990s when chain coffeehouses such as Starbucks introduced it to more American. For variation, if cold water is added instead of hot water, an iced Americano will be produced.

4. Turkish Coffee

Commonly derived from the Arabica coffee bean, Turkish coffee is a unique coffee which is made by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot with sugar; sometimes an aromatic spice called cardamon is also added to the coffee while it is being boiled. Traditionally, Turkish coffee is served in a cup where the dregs settle, and since sugar is not added to the coffee after it is served, spoons are not needed.

5. Colombian Coffee

First introduced to the country of Colombia in the early 1800s, Colombian coffee is recognized worldwide as an impressive and distinctive coffee which is strongly demanded in many countries such as United States, Germany, Japan, Holland and Switzerland. Colombian coffee is produced only with coffee arabica, a species of coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen. When it is roasted, an intense aroma from the coffee arabica beans will be produced.

6. Irish Coffee

It is believed that Joseph Sheridan, a head chef at Foynes, Ireland, was the inventor of Irish coffee. Irish coffee’s originated in 1940 when a group of American passengers disembarked at an airport in Ireland on a miserable winter evening, and Sheridan, who was the chef there, decided to warm those passengers by serving some drinks. He served them a cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar, which delighted the passengers. When asked what the drink is called, Sheridan answered: “Irish coffee”.

7. Greek Frappé Coffee

A foam-covered cold coffee drink, Greek frappé is very popular in Greece, especially during summer. This drink is made from spray-dried instant coffee and always served in a Nescafe cup. Its origins date back to the 1957 International Trade Fair in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, when Yannis Dritsas, a representative of the Nestlé company, mixed the coffee with cold water and a shaker and named the new drink frappé coffee.

8. Indian Filter Coffee

Also known as kaapi, Madras filter coffee and South Indian coffee, Indian filter coffee is a local coffee which is extremely famous in India, especially in the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Indian filter coffee is a sweet milky coffee made from dark roasted coffee beans and chicory. According to traditional methods, specific coffee beans such as Peaberry, Arabica, Malabar and Robusta which grow in the hills of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are used in these popular coffee variations.

9. Lungo

Another Italian coffee drink, Lungo is one of the most famous coffee drinks in Europe. Considered the direct descendant of Espresso coffee, Lungo is created by using an espresso machine to make an espresso with a single or double dose or shot. Then, add an espresso with much more water than usual, generally twice as much, and the impressive coffee drink, Lungo, will be the result.

10. Long Black

A distinctive South Pacific coffee, Long Black is a type of coffee which is extremely famous and most commonly found in Australia and New Zealand. Similar to an Americano coffee, its close cousin, Long Black is also made by pulling an espresso over hot water. But Long Black contains a double-shot of espresso instead of a single shot in Americano and requires less hot water to produce.

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