espresso
a strong coffee prepared by forcing live steam under pressure, or boiling water, through ground dark-roast coffee beans.
a cup of this coffee.
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How to use espresso in a sentence
Even if I could drop $1,500 on an espresso machine, or better yet, $10,000 on a fridge, I’m not sure I’d deck out an entire kitchen in the stuff.
I Can’t Stop Looking at These Outrageous Dolce & Gabbana Kitchen Appliances | Stefania Orrù | December 10, 2020 | EaterBrewed coffee and espresso — whether from a coffee shop or made at home — have been part of my daily routine for years.
To descale your espresso machine, just fill the water reservoir with a solution of two tablespoons of citric acid for every quart of water, stir it to fully dissolve the crystals, and run the machine normally.
The one ingredient you need to clean the dishwasher and four other gross household items | Sandra Gutierrez G. | November 5, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis makes it less messy, but it’s only useful if you have a real espresso machine.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe San Francisco–based maker of collaboration software has since gotten an espresso machine—or two or three—not to mention gone public.
Available at Anova Aeropress Coffee espresso Maker, $26 Every year, there seems to be a new favorite coffee maker.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Richard Hendriks in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTespresso breaks are common in Palermo, especially at the elegant, old world Antico Caffe Spinnato.
Even the humble espresso machine got bad press, despite being the size of a thermos cup and brought as a joke.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter I meditate, I shoot a strong espresso and go to the desk.
Several espresso-mobiles (a brilliant innovation) were set up to keep the crowd caffeinated.
British Dictionary definitions for espresso
/ (ɛˈsprɛsəʊ) /
strong coffee made by forcing steam or boiling water through ground coffee beans
an apparatus for making coffee in this way
Origin of espresso
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