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The 2-mm-long coffee borer beetle (Hypothenemus hampei) is the most damaging insect pest of the world's coffee industry, destroying up to 50 percent or more of the coffee berries on plantations in most coffee-producing countries. The adult female beetle nibbles a single tiny hole in a coffee berry and lays 35 to 50 eggs.
Kopi (Chinese: 咖啡; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi), also known as Nanyang coffee, is a traditional coffee beverage found in several Southeast Asian nations. Often brewed to be highly caffeinated, it is commonly served with sugar and/or milk-based condiments.
A tasse à café (French pronunciation: [tɑs‿a kafe], coffee cup) is a cup, generally of white porcelain and of around 120 ml (4 fl oz), in which coffee is served. [1] [2] It is also sometimes used to serve small portions of rich drinks, such as hot chocolate. The word originates from Arabic: طاس, romanized: ṭās, from the Persian ...
The first Bezzera and Pavoni espresso machines in 1906 took 45 seconds to make a cup of coffee, one at a time, expressly for you. [7] Modern espresso, using hot water under pressure, as pioneered by Gaggia in the 1940s, was originally called crema caffè (lit. ' cream coffee '), as seen on old Gaggia machines, due to the crema. [8]
Indian filter coffee is prepared by first bringing water to a boil. [5] A special cylindrical filter is used in the preparation of the coffee. The filter has two metal cups that assemble one over the other. [6] The filter coffee powder is first added to the upper cup on top of the perforated chamber and then compressed with a pressing disc.
Beyond the preparation of espresso and other beverages and general customer service, skilled baristas acquire knowledge of the entire process of coffee to effectively prepare a desired cup of coffee, including maintenance and programming of the machine, grinding methods, roasting, and coffee plant cultivation, similar to how a sommelier is ...
A "cup of coffee" is a North American sports idiom for a short time spent by a minor league player at the major league level. The idea behind the term is that the player was only in the big leagues long enough to have a cup of coffee before being returned to the minors.
An example of a tea leaf reading, showing what may be interpreted as a dog and a bird on the side of the cup. Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy, tassology, or tasseology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments.