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An affogato (Italian, "drowned") is a coffee-based beverage or dessert. "Affogato style", which refers to the act of topping a drink or dessert with espresso, may also incorporate caramel sauce or chocolate sauce.

A "cafe affogato" is sometimes referred to as a "cold shower".[1]

An "affogato di gelato" is usually vanilla bean gelato topped with espresso.

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1. ^ [http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=47451 eG Forums -> Coffee Glossary project]

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Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called beans, of the coffee plant. Coffee was first consumed in the 9th century, when it was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia.
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The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids. As a noun, it refers to the liquid that is ingested. It is often used in a narrower sense to refer to alcoholic beverages (as both a verb and a noun).
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Not to be confused with Desert.


Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses.
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Espresso or caffè espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder.
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Chocolate syrup is a type of condiment that is usually added to food to increase the chocolate flavor. Chocolate syrup can be added to a wide variety of foods, and is often used as a topping for various desserts, such as ice cream or mixed with milk to make chocolate milk.
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Gelato, or the plural Gelati, is Italian ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavorings. The gelato ingredients (after an optional pasteurization) are frozen while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
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Espresso or caffè espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder.
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Frappuccino is the name and registered trademark of a Starbucks blended ice beverage and a bottled coffee beverage.

History

Starbucks says that its frappuccino recipe was invented in 1995 by Greg Rogers, an assistant manager of a Starbucks Store on Santa Monica's Third
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Macchiato is an Italian word, meaning "stained". It is frequently used to refer to two separate coffee drinks.
  • Caffè macchiato (also known as Espresso macchiato), literally "espresso marked (with milk)":

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The history of coffee has been recorded as far back as the tenth century. During that time, coffee remained largely confined to Ethiopia where its native beans were first cultivated. Ethiopian highlanders first cultivated the coffee bean.
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Coffee is one of the world's most important primary commodities. With over 500 billion cups consumed every year, coffee is one of the world's most popular beverages, comprising about a third of tap water consumption. Worldwide, 25 million small producers rely on coffee for a living.
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Coffea
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Species

Coffea arabica - Arabica Coffee
Coffea benghalensis - Bengal coffee
Coffea canephora - Robusta coffee
Coffea congensis - Congo coffee
Coffea dewevrei - Excelsa coffee

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r for C. robusta, a for C.arabica, and m for both species]] Coffee varietals refer to the genetic subspecies of coffee.

Coffee beans from two different places usually have distinctive characteristics such as flavor (flavor criteria
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C. arabica

Binomial name
Coffea arabica
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Coffea arabica is a species of coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen, hand picked by the natives.
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Kona coffee is the market name for a variety of coffee (Coffea arabica) cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. Only coffee from the Kona Districts should be described as "Kona.
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Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is a classification of coffee grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. The best lots of Blue Mountain coffee are noted for their mild flavor and lack of bitterness.
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C. canephora

Binomial name
Coffea canephora
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Coffea canephora (Robusta Coffee; syn. Coffea robusta) is a species of coffee which has its origins in western Africa.
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Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).
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Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a psychoactive stimulant in humans. The word comes from the French term for coffee, café.
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Cafestol is a diterpene molecule present in coffee.

A typical bean of Coffea arabica contains about 0.6% cafestol by weight. Cafestol is present in highest quantity in unfiltered coffee drinks such as French press coffee or Turkish coffee.
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Processing of coffee is the method converting the raw fruit of the coffee plant (cherry) into the commodity green coffee. The cherry has the fruit or pulp removed leaving the seed or bean which is then dried.
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Roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted coffee products.

The roasting process is integral to producing a savory cup of coffee.
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Home roasting is the process of obtaining green coffee beans and roasting them on a small scale for personal consumption. Personal roasting of coffee has been practiced for centuries, and has utilized numerous method of roasting the beans.
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Decaffeination is the act of removing caffeine from coffee beans, mate, cocoa, tea leaves and other caffeine containing materials. (While caffeine-free soft drinks are occasionally referred to as "decaffeinated," some are actually prepared by simply leaving caffeine out in the
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Coffee preparation is the process of turning coffee beans into a beverage. The particular steps needed vary with the type of coffee desired, and with the raw material being worked with (e.g.
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Espresso or caffè espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder.
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Lungo is Italian for 'long', and refers to the coffee beverage made by using an espresso machine to make an espresso (single or double dose or shot) with much more water (generally twice as much), resulting in a stretched espresso, a lungo.
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