Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Would you like a `cuppa´?

As you already know, coffee is specially popular in the US, where people drink it regularly. People drink coffee at work and most companies allow their workers to have a coffee break ( a short period in which you can rest and have coffee). In both the US and the UK, people often drink coffee at the end of an evening meal. So, in that respect, they share the habit of drinking coffee after meals with Spanish people.




Next, I give you the names of the different types of coffee:
- Black coffee: coffee without cream or milk.
- Java: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.
- Coffee substitute: a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes subtituted for it.
- Irish coffee: sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream.
- Cafe au lait: equal parts of coffee and hot milk.
- Cafe noir, demitasse: small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream.
- Decaf, decaffeinated coffee: coffee with the caffeine removed.
- Drip coffee: coffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffee.
- Espresso: strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
- Cappuccino, coffee cappuccino: equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream.
- Ice coffee, iced coffee: a strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream.
- Instant coffee: dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water.
- Mocha coffee, mocha: a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia.
- Turkish coffee: a drink made from pulverized coffee beans, usually sweetened.
- Cafe royale, coffee royal: black coffee with Cognac, lemon peel and sugar.
- White coffee: in English-speaking countries, "white coffee" refers to regular black coffee that has had milk, cream or some other "whitener" added to it. In the United States, white coffee may also refer to coffee beans which have been roasted and when prepared as espresso produces a green brew. American white coffee is highly caffeinated and it is the roasting process which produces a darker colour removing the caffeine from the coffee beans.

Coffee lovers, you can begin to choose...

2 comments:

  1. Oh, elizabeth this post is really one of the most interesting that I have read because I did not know about the diffent coffees that exist!Indeed,I know about the most popular like, Irish coffee,cafe au lait or capuccino but nothing about turkish coffee or cafe royale which must be delicious. Good job

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  2. Wow! by reading this post, I notice that there are many kinds of coffee that I haven't tasted yet xD
    I didn't even know some names of these coffees xD

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