Here are the most common types of coffee drinks and coffee recipes.
Filter Coffee / Brewed Coffee
Coffee / Brewed Coffee
110 ml filter coffee
This is a long coffee prepared by pouring boiling water over ground coffee in a coffee filter. It can be prepared by hand or with a drip filter coffee machine.
Cold Brew & Cola
118 – 148 ml Cold Brew
118 – 148 ml Cola
Ice
Cold Brew Lemonade
118 – 148 ml lemonade
118 – 148 ml cold brew
Ice
Espresso Drinks / Espresso Based Drinks
Ristretto
22 ml espresso
Ristretto, meaning “limited” or “restricted” in Italian, is a short shot of espresso made with the normal amount of ground coffee but about half the amount of water. Italians traditionally prepare it with 22ml of ground coffee; North Europeans prefer a longer 40ml version.
Espresso
30 ml espresso
An espresso shot is created by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water (86-95º C) under pressure through finely ground coffee.
Doppio
60 ml espresso
Doppio is a double shot of espresso extracted through a double coffee filter resulting in a 60-ml shot. The word “Doppio” means double in Italian.
Espresso Intenso
70 ml espresso
When one dose (shot) just isn’t enough.
Espresso Lungo
90 ml espresso
Lungo is Italian for ‘long’. It’s made with a triple-dose espresso shot using twice as much water, resulting in a stretched coffee.
Caffè Crema
60 ml espresso
30ml heavy cream
Italian for “cream coffee”, this double-shot espresso is literally topped with cream.
Espresso Macchiato
30 ml espresso
A dollop of foamed milk
Macchiato means “stained” and is an espresso with a dollop of foamed milk on top. Although it might resemble a small cappuccino, it’s stronger and more aromatic.
Cappuccino
60 ml espresso
60 ml of steamed milk
60 ml foamed milk
A typically Italian drink prepared with a shot of espresso, hot milk, and steamed milk foam.
Dry Cappuccino
60 ml espresso
120 ml foamed milk
A wet cappuccino has more steamed milk and less foam, while a dry cappuccino has less steamed milk and more foam.
Bone Dry Cappuccino
60 ml espresso
60 ml foamed milk
A bone dry cappuccino is a shot of espresso and a really thick layer of milk foam. That’s it! There is no milk added and that is why it is called “bone dry
Latte Macchiato
60 ml espresso
150 ml steamed milk
150 ml of foamed milk
Latte macchiato is Italian for “stained milk”. Unlike a latte, the espresso is added to the milk – rather than the milk to the espresso. This “stains” the milk. It also has more milk foam than a latte and a smaller dose of espresso is used.
Flat White
30 ml espresso
60 ml of steamed milk
This drink originated in New Zealand in the 1970s as an alternative to a frothier cappuccino. The main difference is that it doesn’t have any foamed milk.
Caffè Americano
60 ml espresso
90 ml hot water
Also simply known as an Americano, this style of coffee has hot water added to vary the strength of the double-shot espresso.
Caffè Latte
60 ml espresso
300 ml steamed milk
20ml foamed milk
Also known as a “cafe au lait” in Europe, this drink is often just called a “latte” – sometimes spelled as “latté” or “lattè” in English – which literally means “milk coffee”.
Espresso Con Panna
60 ml espresso
90 ml whipped cream
Espresso con Panna means “espresso with cream” in Italian. It is made by topping a single or double shot of espresso with whipped cream.
Cafe Mocha
60 ml espresso
60 ml chocolate
30 ml steamed milk
Also called a “mochaccino”, the café mocha is a chocolate-flavored version of the café latte. This is done by adding chocolate powder or syrup to a shot of espresso, topping it with steamed milk and sometimes served with whipped cream.
Cafe Breve
60 ml espresso
90 ml half and half
Café breve is a drink made by adding a steamed mixture of half milk and half cream to an espresso shot.
Affogato
60 ml espresso
90 ml vanilla ice cream
Affogato, which loosely translates as “drowned” in Italian, is a scoop of ice cream or gelato drowned in a shot of hot espresso.
Mocha Breve
60 ml espresso
60 ml chocolate
60 ml half and half
This Italian espresso drink is similar to a cappuccino except that it uses half-and-half instead of milk making it thicker and richer and a cappuccino.
Caffè Con Hielo
60 ml espresso
Ice
Café con Hielo is Spanish for “coffee with ice”. In English speaking nations the drink is more likely to be referred to as the Ice Shot.
Café con Leche
30 ml espresso
30 ml scalded milk
Café con leche is a Spanish coffee beverage consisting of strong and bold coffee mixed with scalded milk in approximately a 1:1 ratio.
Filter Coffee / Brewed Coffee and Espresso Combination Drinks
Red Eye
110 ml filter coffee
30 ml espresso
Red eye is basically regular brewed coffee combined with a single shot of espresso to increase the intensity of flavor and caffeine.
Black Eye
60 ml espresso
110 ml brewed coffee
A cup of American style drip coffee with two shots of espresso added. Also called a Shot in the Dark or an Eye Opener.
Dead Eye
90 ml espresso
110 ml brewed coffee
A cup of American style drip coffee with three shots of espresso added. Also called a Shot in the Dark or an Eye Opener. Because why not?
Coffee & Alcohol
Irish Coffee
60 ml espresso
25 ml Irish Whiskey
1 teaspoon of brown raw cane sugar
1 heaped tbsp. of whipped pouring cream
Irish Coffee was invented and named by Joe Sheridan – Foynes, Country Lemerick’s head chef, after American passengers disembarked one evening during the harsh winter of 1940.
The head added whiskey to warm the passengers, marking the birth of the Irish coffee.
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