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Coffees around the World

Why not order an Espresso Doppio, a Lungo or a Latteccino when you are out and having fun.... Below is a list of several coffee drinks that are common in the world or in some countries; they do however tend to be subject to variation.

Americano
An espresso that resembles drip filter coffee by adding hot water from the hot water outlet to dilute the serving but preserve the espresso flavour.

Café Crème
Coffee on normal strength with an espresso-like creamy layer.

Café Frappé
Strong coffee (1/2) is mixed with ice cream (1/2) in a blender.

Caffe Latte, Café au lait, Koffie Verkeerd
Normal strength coffee (1/2) with warm milk (1/2). 

Café Lungo
A 'long-pull', allowing more water to flow through the ground coffee but still not over-extracting the brew 100 ml - 120 ml.

Café Ristretto
A short or 'restricted' espresso, where the flow of water through the brew head is stopped at about 25 ml.

Cappuccino
Espresso (1/3) with steamed milk (1/3) and frothed milk (1/3).

Con Panna
Straight shot of espresso topped with whipped cream.

Demi-tasse
Single serving of espresso in normal coffee cup.

Espresso
Coffee brewed with the espresso method 40 ml to 50 ml.

Erlängerter
Espresso coffee brewed with more water (see Café Lungo).

Espresso Doppio
Double serving of espresso. 

Flavoured Latte
A 12 oz. latte flavoured with 1 oz. of flavour (cherry, vanilla, etc.). Sizes vary.
(Grosser) Brauner Coffee with milk, a larger cup is a Grosser.

Kapuziner
Black coffee with some frothed milk
Latte macchiato
Single serving of espresso poured into a glass of steamed milk.

Latteccino
A cross between a latte and a cappuccino.

Macchiato
Single serving of espresso marked with one or two tablespoons of frothed milk.

Mocha
A chocolate flavoured milk based espresso, espresso (1/3) brewed into frothed milk (1/3) where cocoa (1/3) has been dissolved.

Romano
Single serving of espresso served with a fresh lemon peel.

Schlagobers
Strong coffee with whipped cream.

Schwarzer
Black coffee.

Wiener melange
Normal strength coffee (1/2) with warm milk (1/2) with chocolate.





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