Best coffee: Non-Espresso Based

We'll continue talking about the different types of coffee drinks and we'll focus today on non espresso-based coffee and the alcoholic coffee beverages.

Regular

• Black coffee is drip-brewed, percolated, vacuum brewed coffee served without cream. You may like adding sugar to it.
• White coffee is, as the name clearly states, black coffee with unheated milk added to it; this is the way most americans drink their coffee. You can also add sugar.
• Café au lait at a first glance is the same as the latte but there is a major difference: drip-brewed coffee is used instead of espresso, with an equal amount of milk.
• Kopi tubruk comes from Indonesia and is similar in presentation to Turkish coffee. However, kopi tubruk is made from coarse coffee grounds, and is boiled together with a solid lump of sugar. It is popular on the islands of Java and Bali.
• Indian filter coffee, especialy in southern India, is prepared with rough-ground dark roasted coffee beans and chicory. The coffee is drip-brewed for a few hours in a traditional metal coffee filter before being served with milk and sugar. The ratio is usually 1/4 coffee, 3/4 milk.
• Greek coffee is prepared similarly to Turkish coffee. The main difference is that the coffee beans are ground into a finer powder and sugar is added during the process. It does not contain other flavors, and is usually served without milk. A similar method to the Greek preparation is used in Colombia to make "tinto," strong black coffee that is often brewed with a sugarcane juice concentrate in cake form.
• Indochinese-style coffee is another form of drip brew. In this form, hot water is allowed to drip though a metal mesh into a cup, and the resulting strong brew is poured into a glass containing sweetened condensed milk which may contain ice. Due to the high volume of coffee grounds required to make strong coffee in this fashion, the brewing process is quite slow. It is highly popular in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Black Coffee

White Coffee

Fortified coffee

• Red Eye is one espresso shot added to a cup of coffee (typically 210-480 ml). Some add milk or sugar.
• Black Eye is two espresso shots added to a cup of coffee (typically 210-480 ml). Some add milk or sugar.

Flavored coffees

• In some cultures, flavored coffees are common. Chocolate is a common additive.You can either sprinkle it on top or mix it with the coffee to imitate the taste of Mocha. Other flavorings include spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, or Italian syrups. In the Maghreb, the orange blossom is used as a flavoring. Vanilla- and hazelnut-flavored coffees are common in the United States; Carefull - these are usually artificially flavored. Flavors such as New England Coffee's Blueberry Cobbler or Chocolate Cappuccino are popular in the Northeastern United States.
• Turkish coffee is served in very small cups about the size of those used for espresso. Traditional Turkish coffee cups have no handles, but modern ones often do. The crema or "face" is considered crucial, and since it requires some skill to achieve its presence is taken as evidence of a well-made brew. It is usually made sweet, with sugar added after the brew process begins, and often is flavored with cardamom or other spices. In many places it is customary to serve it with a tall glass of water on the side.
• Chicory is sometimes combined with coffee as a flavoring agent, as in the style of coffee served at the famous Café du Monde in New Orleans. Chicory has historically been used as a coffee substitute when real coffee was scarce, as in wartime. Chicory is popular as an additive in Belgium and is an ingredient in Madras filter coffee.

Alcoholic coffee drinks

Alcoholic spirits and liqueurs can be added to coffee, often sweetened and with cream floated on top. These beverages are often given names according to the alcoholic addition:

• Black coffee with brandy, or marc, or grappa, or other strong spirit.
• Irish coffee, with Irish whiskey, sugar, and cream. There are many variants, essentially the same but with the use of a different spirit:
  • Café au Drambuie, with Drambuie instead of whiskey
  • Caribbean or Jamaican coffee, with dark rum
  • Gaelic or Scotch coffee, with Scotch whisky
  • Kahlúa coffee, with Kahlúa coffee liqueur
• Café royal, with a flambéd and slightly caramelized teaspoonful of sugar and cognac.

Irish Coffee

Turkish Coffee