Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Espresso or ristretto?

Part of living in Europe is definitely getting addicted to coffee... or kaffee, espresso, and ristretto as they drink in Switzerland!



This is the machine on our floor at work (and located in almost every office on campus) that allows me to get as many caffeinated drinks as I need to power through the day. The first button doubles any of the drinks below except the kaffee spez. which I learned is already a double coffee (the hard way as it overflowed from the largest available coffee cups).

I usually get a kaffee spez in the morning and then a double espresso or ristretto in the afternoon. One time the Haas interns dared to try a quadruple ristretto and later regretted it (although for some reason I went to bed the earliest of the entire summer that night...?).

You'll also notice there are different beans for the kaffee and the more refined espresso or ristretto (on right). If you ask it's the water quality not the beans that supposedly make the coffee taste better. Who knew?

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