Delicious coffee with both energizing and cooling effects—what could be better during warm weather? Though iced coffee is perfect for summer, it's equally suitable year-round. Whether you're tackling intense physical or mental work, need a grab-and-go option for your commute, or simply prefer cold beverages, iced coffee fits countless situations. It's important to distinguish between two types of cold coffee: iced coffee (hot-brewed coffee poured over ice)...
Frappé is a cold drink based on coffee, milk, and ice with some sweet addition, necessarily whipped into a foam in a blender. Cool, frothy, with a rich coffee aroma and a cap of airy foam — frappé has long since moved beyond Greece and captured the hearts of coffee lovers around the world (Greek version of iced coffee). This drink has become a symbol of...
We are going to talk about the classic vanilla recipe that started the history of RAF. It is believed that it was invented by Gleb Neveykin, Artyom Berestov and Galina Samokhina in 1996-1997 in the Moscow coffee house “Coffee Bean” for their regular guest Rafael, after whom the drink is named. RAF is practically unknown outside the CIS. RAF coffee is a very creamy, but...
Bumble coffee was invented in 2001 by Roman Gordeev, a barista at Coffeemania. Roman named the drink so because its appearance evoked associations with a bumble bee. Sometimes bumble is called “orange coffee”. Bumble Coffee is a very refreshing, summer drink, but with a distinct coffee flavor. The bright citrus freshness is tinged with the sweetness of caramel combined with coffee - all the components...
Ristretto is an Italian coffee drink that is a shortened version of espresso. It is prepared similarly to espresso, but with less water and a shorter extraction time. A ristretto is simply a "short" espresso (concentrated espresso variation). That is, with a volume of 15-20 ml (0.5-0.7 fl oz), not 30-40 ml (1-1.35 fl oz). You get a very strong coffee with a small volume....
Coffee mocha, mochaccino or moccaccino and even “chocolate latte” - it's all the same coffee-milk drink with the addition of chocolate, in fact it is a latte with chocolate. It is just that under the name mocha (sometimes it is translated as mocha from Italian caffè mocha) it is better known in its homeland - in America. And under the name Mocaccino/Moccaccino - in Europe....
Flat White is a rather strong coffee-milk drink based on double espresso with a minimum of milk foam. It is the coffee flavor and its shades that plays the first violin. That is, Flat White is ideal for those who want to feel more coffee than milk in a coffee-milk drink, for whom the usual cappuccino (which balances on the edge of the two elements)...
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