In case you were too embarrassed to ask.
The process, in a nutshell , involves forcing hot water through a puck of finely ground coffee at high pressure. In the early days of espresso machines—around the turn of the 20th century—steam power alone was used to move hot water through the ground coffee, but the results were often acrid and bitter.
There's a lot more one could write about the intricacies of brewing espresso, but I'll leave that for another article. I'm not even going to wade into the debate about whether"expresso" is an acceptable alternative pronunciation. But Ileave you with one more Italian coffee tip: The next time you do go into a coffee bar in Italy and ask for"un caffè" , remember that there are almost always two prices.
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