What is the definition of espresso?

Answer 1

Many people believe that Espresso is a type of bean or roast but it is in fact a method of brewing. There are going to be roasts that taste much better as Espresso than others and often people end up referring to those as Espresso beans. Here is a really good article that explains the process and how to tell if your espresso is good: The Meaning of Espresso

Answer 2

Espresso is simply a roast of normal coffee beans. Most people assume that it is the darkest roast, but most retaillers actually label medium-dark as Espresso, and dark as French Roast. If you grind any full-bodied medium-dark roast beans finely and follow an espresso coffee-making method, you will have genuine espresso.

Answer 3

Espresso is a concentrated beverage made by forcing a small amount of almost boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.It is also something that wakes you up!

Answer 4

Ingredients

• 1 ea Coffee
• 1 ea Water

Fill machine with cold water up to water level for desired number of cups. Do not cover safety valve hole with water. Fill brew basket to rim with coffee. For 9 cups, remove the reducer from the brew basket and fill entire basket. For 3 or 6 cups, use the reducer as follows: long stem facing down for 3 cups; short stem facing down for 6 cups. Clean off excess grounds from brew basket rim and o-ring. Close and tighten down knob as far as possible. Close steam valve. Place machine on high heat and put a carafe under valve to catch coffee. Coffee will begin to drip out slowly after 3-10 minutes, and appear very dark. As brewing process continues, stream will become strong and steady, and coffee will lighten. When coffee stops and becomes noisy, close coffee valve and remove carafe. If you are making cappuccino, close valve and let steam build up. Put cream or milk in cup and open steam valve to froth.

Answer 5

Concentrated coffee.

Answer 6

A type of coffee made by steaming milk.