Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i,m realising that but the pressure can be no factor if the vessel is strong enough.the comment that one needs 95 degrees water at 8 bars makes sense to me as does the theory of high temperature steam extracting the wrong compounds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Terlecki" <ajt@mrps.demon.co.uk> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Starbucks | On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:19:09PM +0200, animal wrote: | > on my machine it,s steam. | > it has a boiler and there is no pump | | In that case it's not authentic espresso. Machines which rely on steam pressure | to move water through the coffee actually only generate a fraction of the | pressure required to produce espresso. Yes they can make nice coffee but | no it isn't espresso. | | > simon jessurun | > | > | 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 | > | > _______________________________________________ | > Leica Users Group. | > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information | | _______________________________________________ | Leica Users Group. | See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information