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ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COFFEE THAT I LEARNT
AT A QUAINT SINGAPOREAN-FRENCH CAFE
By : NEDABIA AHILYA BATRA - EDITOR DRINK ASIA
C
an someone please tell me, who doesn’t love a good
coffee? I’m a staunch believer of a world where
coffee is the answer for everything. Are you sad?
Coffee. Elated? Coffee. Good interview? Coffee.
Didn’t make it? That’s okay, have a nice cuppa
just the way you like it and feel comforted. Bored? Coffee.
Happy? Coffee. Sad? Coffee. Everything = Coffee! So I’ve
been thinking about our dear readers, and to take them into
a short introduction about our favourite beverage.
All this while I’d been crushing on a good ol’ cup of cappuccino,
oblivious to the fact that coffees other than that co-exist in this
world and that’s when I discovered a salted caramel mocha
on a recent “expedition” or so I’d like to call it, to Singapore!
In a tiny but beautiful, Singaporean-take-on-a-French-Bakery,
the Tiong Bahru Bakery. And oh are they acing it at the coffee
game? And how!
After sending my compliments to the Barista, for the
phenomenal cuppa, I was able to chat with him and learn
about many different kinds of coffee and here goes the little
information I gathered on coffee from all over the world.
Here I’ve talked about a few different types. Take your pick
and enjoy discovering new tastes, smells and even textures
of coffee!
ESPRESSO
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T
he most basic type of coffee, an “Espresso”
is brewed by boiling water and steam with
coffee at about 86 to 95°C under pressure
thoroughly fine-ground and compact coffee.
It’s the strongest and most basic form of coffee,
though its tastes can differ depending on the
blend being used.
LATTE
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Drink Asia
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C
afé Latte also known as Café au latte in
some regions of Europe plainly means
milk coffee. It is a combination of espresso
and steamed milk. Its variants often included
chocolate flavours and mochas, etc and it’s
lighter than the cappuccino.
September-October 2019