Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes mainly because of the smaller serving size.But the brew has also less caffeine then boiled(or drip filtered) coffee simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Starbucks | 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 | | _______________________________________________ | Leica Users Group. | See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information |