Comments on: Coffee Drinks Illustrated http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ximi http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54264 ximi Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:24:48 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54264 How can one country be older than another one? How is the age of a country defined please? Great illustrations anyhow :) How can one country be older than another one? How is the age of a country defined please?

Great illustrations anyhow :)

]]> By: Mike http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54262 Mike Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:31:56 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54262 I like the images but the pronunciations are bugging me. For the word Macchiato, the accent is on the a not the i making it almost like {mock-yah-toe}, and Panna is not pronounced {pawn-nah} I think {pahn-nah} would better represent the way it sounds. I like the images but the pronunciations are bugging me.

For the word Macchiato, the accent is on the a not the i making it almost like {mock-yah-toe}, and Panna is not pronounced {pawn-nah} I think {pahn-nah} would better represent the way it sounds.

]]> By: Heman Bhojwani http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54259 Heman Bhojwani Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:52:14 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54259 You are absolutely right, Pedro Couto e Santos. Here in the States, there is too much emphasis on bovine excretion in espresso drinks. You are absolutely right, Pedro Couto e Santos.

Here in the States, there is too much emphasis on bovine excretion in espresso drinks.

]]> By: Heman Bhojwani http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54258 Heman Bhojwani Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:45:28 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54258 Lokesh, This is cleverly done. I've seen a number of coffee definition/glossary/lingo websites, and it is typically just confusing words, but you have simplified for everyone. Brilliant job! Thanks, Heman Lokesh,

This is cleverly done. I’ve seen a number of coffee definition/glossary/lingo websites, and it is typically just confusing words, but you have simplified for everyone. Brilliant job!

Thanks,
Heman

]]> By: NELM http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54255 NELM Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:09:37 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54255 TELL ME ABOUT IT. sometimes i think im drinking coffee-flavored milk. =A= GIMME MORE ESPRESSO WHEN I ASK FOR IT, DAMNIT. TELL ME ABOUT IT.

sometimes i think im drinking coffee-flavored milk.
=A=

GIMME MORE ESPRESSO WHEN I ASK FOR IT, DAMNIT.

]]> By: Paulo http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54229 Paulo Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:13:01 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54229 I don't know where you are from Matt but probably from a very ignorant place, Portugal is one of the oldest countries in the world. I don’t know where you are from Matt but probably from a very ignorant place, Portugal is one of the oldest countries in the world.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54227 Anonymous Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:46:58 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54227 If a Cafe latte and Cappuccino are both made correctly, pretty much anyone with functional taste buds can tell the difference. A cappuccino is significantly "stronger" than a latte. If you put them side by side it would be clear, unless you are at Starbucks, in which case they really are the same thing. They dumbed down coffee so they could hire anyone and train them for 2 minutes. If a Cafe latte and Cappuccino are both made correctly, pretty much anyone with functional taste buds can tell the difference. A cappuccino is significantly “stronger” than a latte. If you put them side by side it would be clear, unless you are at Starbucks, in which case they really are the same thing. They dumbed down coffee so they could hire anyone and train them for 2 minutes.

]]> By: Brian http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54226 Brian Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:01:03 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54226 Handy diagrams. In the Málaga area of southern Spain they use their own terms. I have been told this started in the "Café Central" in La Plaza de la Constitución in the heart of Málaga. There you can see a chart like yours that has been on the wall as long as I remember (late 60's). A similar chart is also reproduced on serviette holders produced by the coffee dealer "Santa Cristina". (A kind barowner gave me one years ago!) A "café sólo" is what the rest of the world might call an "espresso". After that steamed milk (never foam) is added to varying amounts of coffee normally in a small plain glass of about 150ml. The percentages are my own estimates of the amount of coffee in each: Sólo (100%), Largo (90%), Semi-largo (70%), Mitad (50%), Semi-corto (40%), Corto (30%), Sombra (20%), Nube (10%). This system is understood well throughout the province of Málaga and means you can always get a coffee that suits your palate at the moment. Often people will order a "doble" of one of the above especially in the morning as in "un mitad doble". Note that "mitad" is feminine but people ask for "un mitad", not "una mitad" since what they are really requesting is "un café mitad". They also serve "Americano" but I think that's 50% coffee and 50% water; could be wrong. You can also get a "capuccino", bit of a foreign import! "Café con hielo" is a favourite with some people in the summer. If you ask for "café con leche" I think they give you a "mitad". Handy diagrams. In the Málaga area of southern Spain they use their own terms. I have been told this started in the “Café Central” in La Plaza de la Constitución in the heart of Málaga. There you can see a chart like yours that has been on the wall as long as I remember (late 60’s). A similar chart is also reproduced on serviette holders produced by the coffee dealer “Santa Cristina”. (A kind barowner gave me one years ago!)

A “café sólo” is what the rest of the world might call an “espresso”. After that steamed milk (never foam) is added to varying amounts of coffee normally in a small plain glass of about 150ml. The percentages are my own estimates of the amount of coffee in each: Sólo (100%), Largo (90%), Semi-largo (70%), Mitad (50%), Semi-corto (40%), Corto (30%), Sombra (20%), Nube (10%).

This system is understood well throughout the province of Málaga and means you can always get a coffee that suits your palate at the moment. Often people will order a “doble” of one of the above especially in the morning as in “un mitad doble”. Note that “mitad” is feminine but people ask for “un mitad”, not “una mitad” since what they are really requesting is “un café mitad”.

They also serve “Americano” but I think that’s 50% coffee and 50% water; could be wrong. You can also get a “capuccino”, bit of a foreign import! “Café con hielo” is a favourite with some people in the summer. If you ask for “café con leche” I think they give you a “mitad”.

]]> By: Peejay http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54225 Peejay Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:13 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54225 Why is it that when I make coffee (on holiday) in Greece or Spain it always tastes great, but when I make it in the UK it tastes ghastly? Do all the coffee-producing companies save up the crap stuff for the UK market - because they know 99% of Brits can't tell good coffee from mud? And why can't you buy those silvery little percolators (with six corners) in the UK - like they sell in Spain? They make PUUURRRFECT coffee every time! Why is it that when I make coffee (on holiday) in
Greece or Spain it always tastes great, but when I make it in the UK it tastes ghastly?

Do all the coffee-producing companies save up the
crap stuff for the UK market – because they know
99% of Brits can’t tell good coffee from mud?

And why can’t you buy those silvery little percolators (with six corners) in the UK – like they sell in Spain? They make PUUURRRFECT coffee every time!

]]> By: Dave http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54223 Dave Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:03:15 +0000 http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/#comment-54223 White coffee is unroasted coffee beans, fresh from the cherry and ground...High Caffine...mix a white coffee espresso with powdered white chocolate and a shot of B52 coffee syrup...AWSOME!!! White coffee is unroasted coffee beans, fresh from the cherry and ground…High Caffine…mix a white coffee espresso with powdered white chocolate and a shot of B52 coffee syrup…AWSOME!!!

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