When I say “types of coffee drinks,” I mean drinks like latte, cappuccino, americano, and others
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Espresso – coffee made by sending pressurized hot water through very finely ground coffee beans. Usually made in small quantities fairly quickly (30 seconds or so). This is different from other brewing methods which may use much longer times and less finely ground coffee beans. Coffee lovers drink this drink unsweetened.
Americano – espresso plus hot water. (basically watering down the espresso which may be too concentrated in flavor). This is popular to make Iced Americano (more pleasant on hot days perhaps)
Cappucino – espresso plus a bit of steamed milk froth (slightly more mellow than an espresso)
Latte – espresso with steamed milk plus milk froth. (milkier)
Vietnamese coffee – kind of a poor mans version of espresso. Finely ground coffee in a filter through which hot water is poured. Then condensed milk is added to give it a sweet syrupy texture.
Turkish style coffee – ground coffee in hot water (originally not filtered). So has a gritty feel when drunk. Also typically very sweet with ground sugar added.
Percolated coffee – best avoid. Lots of water continually poured over medium ground coffee. Tends to be overextracted and bitter but a lot of liquid for the amount of coffee used.
There are all sorts of variations of brewing methods – getting more and more fancy. Also lots of flavored coffee by adding stuff (usually flavored syrup) There are so many variants that people write books about them.
Coffee beans – Most common basic varietals (different plants!) – arabica, robusta and liberica (very small share). Robusta is easily grown (cheap) in lowlands/tropics but generally thought to produce lower quality coffee. Arabica is harder to grow (expensive) usually in highland tropics but generally thought to be better quality coffee. Liberica – somewhat in between robusta and arabica.
How and where coffee plants are grown greatly affect their flavor etc. There are many regional varieties (too many to explain) Major ones would be Java, Sumatran, Colombian (a bit of a catchall term for central/south american coffee), Kona (hawaii), Yirgacheffe (Ethiopia), Blue Mountain (Jamaica/caribbean)
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