• I Cast Fist
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    1910 days ago

    For anyone that sees espresso and thinks express, as in something fast, it’s actually meant to be pressed, as it’s an Italian term. So that’s hot water that went through pressed coffee powder.

    • @[email protected]
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      610 days ago

      So that’s hot water that went through pressed coffee powder.

      The “pressed” doesn’t refer to the coffee powder but to the water: the water is pressed through the coffee grounds using high pressure (around 9 bars or so).

    • @berengal
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      510 days ago

      It also means express in italian. It’s a pun. The reason it was invented was to make coffee brewing faster so coffee breaks wouldn’t take so long.

    • @hark
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      010 days ago

      You espress it?