Different Types Of Coffee

When you walk into a coffee shop or coffee house you may be surprised at the variety of drinks that are available. This plethora of options may have something to do with the fact that these coffee shops are springing up everywhere.

The owners may be trying to come up with new types of coffee drinks that will set their location apart from the rest, while still selling the better known standard drinks as well.

The first one most people know is the cup of black coffee that is normally either made by using a French press, percolated or drip brewed, and served with no milk, or straight. The caffè latte has one shot of espresso that is put into the steamed milk making the ratio of milk compared to coffee approximately 3 to 1.

Another type of coffee drink is the Americano; this actually came about as an insult to Americans who were not able to handle drinking full espressos. This is one shot of espresso put into about 7 ounces of hot water.

The café Breva is actually much like a cappuccino but instead of using whole milk, half and half is used. Since half and half is more difficult to make foam than milk and since it is time consuming, not all coffee houses will serve them.

A cappuccino has equal parts of frothing milk, espresso and steamed milk and many times this type of coffee drink will have flaked chocolate pieces or cinnamon served on top.

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