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Italian Espresso Machines

The Italian espresso machine has become the mainstay of coffee shops around the world in recent years. They can even be found today mounted in the back of vans at worksites and outdoor fairs. Espresso machines consistently produce excellent coffee.

The invention of the espresso machine has been attributed to Achille Gaggia in 1946.

The espresso process forces hot water at the correct temperature quickly through finely ground coffee at high pressure. Darkly roasted beans are preferred to bring out the strength of the coffee, and, because they are more brittle, to allow a fine grind and an easy transfer of the flavors to the water. The ideal grind feels like sand, or a consistency between flour and sugar. The result is that the coffee transfers the maximum aroma and taste to the water, but avoids the bitterness that can come from prolonged brewing at higher or lower temperatures. The coffee is ideally poured directly into a warmed cup as it is made, and arrives in the hands of the customer hot and freshly brewed. This superior result has proved very popular with coffee drinkers.

Espresso machines come with automatic, semi-automatic of manual operation. Most electrically powered automated machines used commercially simply require the settings to be made and the shot basket to be emptied and loaded for each run. Multiple cups can be made at the same time on commercial machines, the number varying with the size of the machine.

An espresso coffee is a small serving of strong coffee. It is popular in Europe served exactly as it is made in a small cup. It has also become the coffee base for making a bewildering range of variations and flavors of coffee served in various sized cups to cater to many individual tastes. The Starbuck Coffee Shop chain has set the standard for offering a wide choice of coffee beverages to its customers.

Espresso machines usually have a milk steaming and foaming wand to enable specialty coffees to be made. They often also include a steam heating arrangement to prepare cups for use. Many commercial espresso machines incorporate a coffee-grinding machine as well.

While they started out as a large and almost industrial device, automated espresso machines are now becoming compact and affordable enough to be appearing in many private homes. Coffee drinkers are now expecting to be able to replicate at home the quality of the professionally made espresso that they enjoy at coffee shops.

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