The most important coffee specialties
Espresso
Water at a temperature between 92 and 94 °C is pressed for 18 to 22
seconds through the very fine ground coffee powder. Now 40 to 50 ml espresso
drip into the pre warmed espresso cups. You can tell a perfect espresso by its
speckled foam – the famous Crema
Iced Espresso
Pour a dash of espresso and a dash of milk over ice. In Italy they call
this caffè con ghiaccia e latte
Schümli
The brewing method is the same as for espresso, but with much more water.
Due to the Crema resulting from this, it is called Schümli. Typical roastings
for this sort of preparation are rather light roast levels.
Cappuccino
The real cappuccino consists of espresso, hot milk and frothed milk. One
third of each is filled in cups of 150 to 200 ml and decorated with some cocoa
powder on top of the frothed milk.
Caffè Corretto
Espresso, “corrected” with a dash of Grappa, brandy or
liqueur.
Caffè Mocca
Yummy! Serve approximately one third espresso, one third boiled milk and
one third cocoa in a long glass. The drink can also be prepared with 1 to 2
tablespoons of chocolate syrup and more milk.
Latte Macchiato
A cup of espresso is poured into a glass filled with hot milk and then
topped with frothed milk. Its name “macchiato” is inspired by its speckled look
.
Caffè Latte
Fill a big glass to two
thirds with hot milk and pour a double espresso on top.
Café au lait
Since the French don’t always take things too seriously, it is sometimes
prepared with espresso and sometimes with a very strong filter coffee. A large
amount of hot milk is poured either over the espresso or the filter coffee. The
café au lait is served in a typical bol, a conical bowl without
lid.
Classical iced coffee
Ingredients: 400 g vanilla
ice cream with 2 teaspoons of instant coffee or 400g mocha ice cream, 150 ml
cream, sugar as desired, 4 chocolate mocha beans. Let the ice cream become a
little soft – if vanilla ice cream is used – dissolve the coffee in two
tablespoons of hot water und mix both. Stir well with a whisk and fill into big
glasses. Cover with lightly sweetened whipped cream and decorate with a mocha
bean.
Cool Cappuccino
Ingredients: 1/8 l ice-cold espresso or strong filter coffee, ½ cup of
milk, 1/8 l mocha liqueur, 1 portion whipped and sweetened cream flavored with
vanilla sugar, some cocoa powder for decoration. Mix the coffee with the milk
and the mocha liqueur and fill into a glass. Put a portion of whipped and
sweetened cream onto each glass. Decorate with cocoa powder.
Espresso Sorbeto
Ingredients: 350 ml brewed espresso, 4 sugar cubes, 450 ml low-fat milk
Pour the espresso into an ice tray and let freeze until it has become solid.
Process the frozen espresso and the other ingredients for three minutes in a
blender until it has become a soft mixture. Or prepare the Sorbeto in an ice
cream machine following the instructions for use. Serve in iced glasses. Makes
4-6 portions.
Coffee Cobbler Bourbon
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons fine crushed ice, 1 liqueur glass Bourbon
whiskey, 1 liqueur glass of mocha liqueur, strong coffee. Fill the ice into a
long, slim glass, pour whiskey and liqueur over it and add coffee. Sweaten as
desired. Makes 1 portion.
Irish Coffee
Ingredients: 2 cups of cream, 500 ml strong coffee, 4 teaspoons of brown
sugar, 8 tablespoons of Irish whiskey. Whip the cream only lightly and put it
into the refrigerator. Boil the water and brew the coffee. Put 2 teaspoons of
sugar into each glass. Add the strong coffee until the glass is filled to ¾. Add
4 tablespoons of whiskey to each glass. Put a cream topping on each glass. Sip
the coffee through the cream topping.
Phärisäer
Ingredients: 100 ml whipped cream, 4 cups of hot and strong coffee
(approx. 500 ml), 6-8 teaspoons of sugar, 8 tablespoons of brown rum. Beat the
cream until stiff and sweeten with some sugar if desired. Pre warm 4 cups. Fill
the hot coffee into the cups and sweeten with 1 or two teaspoons of sugar. Stir
in 2 tablespoons of rum per glass. Fill the whipped cream into a piping bag with
a medium nozzle and put a big cream rosette onto each coffee.