Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So a cup of expresso has less caffeine than a cup of regular coffee? At 03:55 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote: >On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:58:24PM +0200, animal wrote: > > Espresso is a method where superheated steam is pressed through the > > ground coffee. > >Nope, espresso is a drink where heated (about 95 deg C) WATER is passed >under pressure (about 9 bar) through ground coffee. > > > Thereby extracting less caffeine and different compounds > >Correct - it is a commonly held myth that espresso is very high in caffeine >when actually it generally has lower caffeine (unless the blend contains a >very high Robusta content) than almost any other coffee. Another myth is >that espresso is bitter when actually a well made epsresso is nothing of the >sort - bitterness indicates that the drink has been overextracted. > >-- >Tony Terlecki >ajt@mrps.demon.co.uk >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information