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Coffee lovers around the world who reach for their favorite morning brew probably aren’t thinking about its health benefits or risks. And yet this beverage has been subject to a long history of debate. research suggests that when consumed in moderation, coffee can be considered a healthy beverage. Why then in 2018 did one U.S. state pass legislation that coffee must bear a cancer warning label?
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- Follow directions on the coffee package and your coffee machine, but generally the ratio is 1-2 tablespoons of ground coffee per 6 ounces of water.
- For optimal coffee flavor, drink soon after brewing. The beverage will lose flavor with time.
- Use ground coffee within a few days and whole beans within two weeks.
Cappuccino: a famous Italian coffee, cappuccino is an
espresso-based java that comes from an Austrian drink called kapuziner
(via Super Coffee). Inspired by the dark color of robes worn by Kapuzin
friars of Austria in the 1700s, kapuziner was made with coffee, milk,
sugar, and a swirl of whipped cream on top. What we now know as
cappuccino, Perfect Daily Grind explains, was concocted by Italians in
the 1900s for whom cappuccino was the ideal morning coffee that could be
drunk in a handful of gulps for a quick jolt of caffeine.
Latte: Although cappuccino has Austrian roots, sources are clear
that Italians popularized the foamy drink in the 1900s. Latte, on the
other hand (though Italian in origin) was not meant for Italians to
drink at all! According to Coffee Bros., the caffè latte was invented in
1867 for American tourists in Italy for whom the Italian cappuccino was
too strong a coffee. Consequently, the latte was fashioned to be a less
intense and considerably more milky version of a cappuccino for
not-so-strong coffee-loving Americans.
Macchiato: If you like a robust milk-based espresso coffee, your
go-to drink of choice is likely the good ol' cappuccino. A macchiato,
however, is even stronger. According to Roasty Coffee, while a
cappuccino was designed to be consumed as a morning coffee, a macchiato
is meant to help power through afternoon slumps. Comparable only to
straight-up espresso in its intensity, macchiato gets its name from the
Italian word for stained or marked. True to its title, when making a
macchiato, just enough milk is added to a shot of espresso to
effectively "stain" it.