Best coffee: Espresso Based

There is such a large variety of coffee drinks found all across the world. It is hard to choose from so many types. Tell us if this happened to you. You entered a coffee house, a waitress brought you a menu and you didn't knew what to choose. What is the best coffee type for you? In order to help you figure out that answer we'll present a list with different types of coffee drinks:

Without Milk

• Espresso made by forcing hot water at around 90 °C under  pressure through a "puck" of finely ground coffee. The 30-60 cc beverage is best served in small cups; you can add sugar. It is the basis for many coffee drinks. It remains one of the most concentrated forms of coffee regularly consumed; it has a distinctive flavor provided by crema, a layer of flavorful oils forming a foam floating on the surface, which is produced by the high pressure.
• Ristretto is an espresso drink where the weight of the ground coffee is equal to the weight of the brewed shots. The result is a "shorter" shot that is sweeter and with great flavor.
• Americano style coffee is made with espresso. Then you add hot water to give a similar strength - but a totally different flavor - to drip-brewed coffee
• Lungo is different from an Americano. It is a "longer" espresso run through the machine; all the water runs through the beans, as opposed to adding water.
• Long black is similar to Americano, but prepared in different order - a double shot of espresso is added to water instead of vice versa.

Espresso

Ristretto

With Milk

• Caffè latte or simply latte, which is for "milk"; it is espresso with steamed milk, traditionally topped with froth created from steaming the milk. A latte has one-third espresso and two-thirds steamed milk. Having more frothed milk makes it weaker than a cappuccino. A latte is commonly served in a tall glass; the cool thing is that if the espresso is slowly poured into the frothed milk from the rim of the glass, three layers of different shades will form, with the milk at the bottom, the froth on top and the espresso in between.
• Caffè breve is an American variation of a latte: a milk-based espresso that uses steamed light 10% cream.
• Caffè macchiato or "short" macchiato — macchiato meaning "marked" — is an espresso with a little steamed milk added to the top. A "long" macchiato is a double espresso with a little steamed milk. There is aslo a 'topped up' - extra milk added - macchiato.
• Cappuccino comprises equal parts of espresso coffee and milk and froth, that can be sprinkled with cinnamon or powdered cocoa.
• Latte macchiato opposed to a caffè macchiato, is a tall glass of steamed milk spotted with small amounts of espresso that can be sweetened with sugar or syrup.
• Mocha is a latte with chocolate added.
• Cortado is espresso with a small amount of very lightly foamed milk added, in contrast to a macchiato's more frothy texture.

Caffe Latte

Cappuccino

Caffe Macchiato