Coffee Lingo Explained

Slang for caffe latte for example i d like a latte please.

Coffee lingo explained. And yes even in the below freezing boston winters i always opt for a cold coffee drink. Coffee organizations and certifications. Much of the lingo you ll hear in the coffee universe revolves around espresso. Making a more diluted drink that still has that oomph to it.

Unlike a ristretto this is made with 2 3rds of hot water with one shot of espresso poured over the hot water. Latte the italian word for milk. Acidity diminishes and a rich bitter sweetness emerges. See brewing and preparing coffee glossary for more barista lingo.

The fancy version of a light roasted coffee. Both are trade organizations dedicated to quality and sustainability of coffee production and to the coffee industry. The most influential worldwide and in united states are the ico and scaa. This means a regular cup of coffee.

Coffee lingo can be really confusing and overwhelming. Single or single shot describes an espresso beverage containing one shot of espresso for example a single tall latte or a single espresso. Mocha slang for caffe mocha for example i d like a mocha please. Lungo the italian term for long means long extraction of coffee flavor with the same amount of coffee 7 grams and much more water 50 ml for a lungo as opposed to 25 ml for a standard espresso.

So in other words for a lungo the same amount of ground coffee is used with about twice as much water as normal. Red eye is a regular cup of coffee with an added espresso shot. The usual way of ordering is can i get a tall grande venti drip. It s weird i know.

The café latte is a very popular coffee drink whether it is being ordered in a coffee shop or made at home by a coffee connoisseur. Among many newer american specialty roasters roast styles once called by these names may in fact constitute the typical regular roast of coffee. You may not have a weird thing for cold coffee drinks like i do but even then i still can t decide which drink to order. A shot of espresso refers simply to a cup of brewed espresso which is comprised of 1 to 1 25 ounces of water brewed with 7 grams of finely ground coffee.

Terms for coffee brought to degrees of roast ranging from somewhat darker than the traditional american norm to dark brown. There are many organizations related to coffee. It is prepared with 1 5 ounces of espresso in a six ounce cup filled to the top with steamed milk forming a dense drink. A black eye has two espresso shots in a regular cup of coffee.