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Americano
A double shot with hot water added. The simplest drink on any espresso menu and the one most often made badly,…
Cafe au Lait
Equal parts strong brewed coffee and hot milk, poured together into a wide cup or a bowl you can dip a…
Caffè Breve
A latte built on half and half rather than milk. Twice the fat, noticeably sweeter, and a foam that behaves…
Caffè Latte
The milkiest of the standard espresso drinks, and the one with the most room for latte art. A double shot under…
Café Mocha
Espresso, chocolate and steamed milk. Made with real chocolate melted into the hot shot it is a different drink…
Cappuccino
Equal thirds of espresso, steamed milk and foam in a cup no bigger than 180 ml. Scale that up and it stops…
Capsule Caffe Latte
A latte from a capsule machine that tastes of coffee rather than of warm milk. The trick is two short shots…
Cortado
Equal parts espresso and steamed milk, with barely any foam. Enough milk to cut the shot and not a drop more,…
Doppio
Two shots worth of coffee pulled through one basket as a single drink. Almost everything sold as an espresso…
Espresso
Nine bar of water through finely ground coffee in under thirty seconds. Everything else on this site with…
Espresso con Panna
A shot with a spoonful of softly whipped cream on top. Two ingredients, and the only thing to get right is how…
Espresso Macchiato
An espresso with a spoon of foam dropped on it. Macchiato means stained, and that is the entire brief: enough…
Espresso Romano
A shot served with a strip of lemon peel. It is worth trying and worth knowing that despite the name, there is…
Flat White
A strong short shot under silky milk with a thin layer of foam, served at about 160 ml. Not a small latte,…
Gibraltar
A cortado that got named after the glass it is served in. The story is better than the distinction, but the…
Italian Mocha Espresso Mix
A jar of dark, bitter-sweet powder that turns a mug of hot milk into a strong mocha in under a minute. It is…
Latte Macchiato
The reverse of everything else on the menu: milk goes in first and the shot is poured through it. Done properly…
Long Black
Hot water in the cup, then the espresso poured on top of it. Same two ingredients as an americano, assembled…
Lungo
More water through the same coffee, rather than more water added to it. That distinction is the whole…
Melbourne Magic
A double ristretto with silky steamed milk in a small cup, about two thirds the size of a flat white. It is…
Mexican Mocha
A mocha made with stone-ground Mexican chocolate, so it tastes of cinnamon and has a faint, pleasant…
Piccolo Latte
A single shot under a small glass of steamed milk. More milk than a cortado, far less than a latte, and…
Red Eye, Black Eye and Dead Eye
Drip coffee with espresso added. One shot is a red eye, two a black eye, three a dead eye, and the naming gets…
Ristretto
The same coffee, stopped early. Thicker, sweeter, less of it, and contrary to what you will read almost…
White Chocolate Mocha
White chocolate carries no cocoa solids, only cocoa butter and sugar, which makes this much sweeter than a…
Brewed Iced Coffee
The simplest iced coffee there is: a jug of strong coffee brewed the normal way, cooled and kept in the fridge,…
Caffè Shakerato
Espresso, sugar and ice, shaken hard in a cocktail shaker and strained into a chilled stemmed glass. The thick…
Coffee Ice Cubes
Ice made from coffee, so your iced coffee gets stronger, not weaker, as it melts. It takes five minutes of work…
Coffee Lemonade
A tall glass of fresh lemonade with cold brew floated on top, dark over pale, then stirred into something that…
Cold Brew
A smooth, heavy, chocolatey coffee with almost no sharpness, made by leaving ground coffee in cold water…
Cold Foam Latte
Milk frothed cold until it holds like a loose meringue, floated on iced coffee. It works because of fat, or…
Espresso Tonic
Tonic water, a lot of ice, and a shot poured slowly over the top. It sounds wrong and it is not: quinine and…
Homemade Frappuccino
A thick, smooth, frosty blended coffee, sweet and milky, that holds together in the glass instead of separating…
Iced Americano
A tall glass of cold water and ice with a double espresso poured on top, crema floating. It is the cleanest way…
Iced Cafe au Lait
Half dark, slightly bitter chicory coffee and half cold milk, lightly sweetened, poured over ice. It is the…
Iced Caffe Latte
A cold, milky, properly coffee-flavoured iced latte, made with whatever you have in the kitchen. You do not…
Iced Cinnamon Coffee
A smooth iced coffee with warm cinnamon running all the way through it, not floating on top as a dusty film.…
Iced Honey Coffee
Cold coffee and milk over ice, sweetened with honey that dissolves evenly instead of sitting at the bottom of…
Iced Latte
Cold milk and ice in a tall glass with a double espresso poured over, so it marbles down through the milk. It…
Iced Mocha
Chocolate, espresso and cold milk over ice, smooth from the first sip to the last. The usual way of melting…
Iced Mocha Cappuccino
Strong chocolate espresso over ice under a thick cap of cold frothed milk, so it drinks like a cappuccino: foam…
Iced Shaken Espresso
Espresso shaken hard with ice and syrup, then poured over fresh ice with a splash of milk. The shaking is not…
Mocha Frappe
A thick, frosty blended chocolate coffee under whipped cream, closer to a coffee milkshake than an iced coffee.…
Nitro Cold Brew
Cold brew poured like a stout, cascading in the glass and settling under a thick, creamy head, with a texture…
Quick Iced Coffee
Instant coffee, a splash of hot water, cold milk and a glass of ice. It takes two minutes and no equipment, and…
Abatanado
A single or double espresso lengthened with hot water in a big cup, for a long black coffee that still tastes…
Arabian Coffee
Very strong, very bitter, unsweetened dark coffee perfumed with cardamom, poured a mouthful at a time into…
Bac Xiu
Condensed milk, fresh milk and a short pour of robusta over ice, so the glass is pale and sweet with the coffee…
Barraquito
Four layers in a small glass: condensed milk, Licor 43, espresso, steamed milk foam, with a strip of lemon peel…
Beaten Coffee
A spoonful of instant coffee and sugar beaten by hand until it turns pale and creamy, then a cup of hot milk…
Bicerin
Thick drinking chocolate at the bottom, espresso in the middle, cold cream floating on top, in three bands you…
Ca Phe Sua Da
Thick, bitter robusta and sweet condensed milk, stirred hot and thrown over ice. It tastes like dark caramel…
Cafe Bombon
Half sweetened condensed milk, half espresso, in a small glass, the white and the black clearly separate until…
Cafe con Hielo
A hot espresso and a glass of ice, served side by side. You sweeten the coffee while it is hot, then tip it…
Cafe de Olla
A dark, sweet, cinnamon-scented coffee with molasses depth from piloncillo and a bright edge of orange. It…
Cafezinho
A small, strong, sweet black coffee with a heavy body, poured from a thermos and offered to anyone who walks…
Caffe d'Orzo
A dark, toasty drink that tastes of malt, bread crust and a little bitter chocolate, with no caffeine at all.…
Caffe Leccese
A hot espresso poured over ice and sweet almond syrup, stirred until cold and lightly creamy. It tastes like…
Café Cubano
The first few drops of espresso whipped hard with sugar into a pale paste, then the rest of the shot stirred…
Café Touba
Coffee beans roasted together with djar pepper, then ground, brewed through a cloth and sweetened hard. It…
Carajillo
A short, cold, foamy coffee cocktail, sweet with vanilla and citrus from Licor 43 and bitter from a fresh…
Cardamom Turkish Coffee
A thick, foamy Turkish-style coffee with a cool, floral, slightly eucalyptus lift from green cardamom. One pod…
Coconut Coffee
A spoonable coconut slush under a slick of dark robusta, somewhere between iced coffee and a dessert. It holds…
Colada
A small styrofoam cup of very strong, very sweet Cuban coffee and a stack of thimble-sized cups to share it…
Cortadito
A small cup, half dark sweet Cuban coffee with its caramel foam, half hot milk. It is richer and much sweeter…
Crema di Caffe
A pale, airy, half-frozen coffee cream, sweet and intensely coffee-flavoured, eaten with a spoon from a small…
Cypriot Coffee
A small, thick, unfiltered coffee with a tan foam on top, served with a glass of cold water and usually a…
Dalgona Coffee
Whipped instant coffee, thick enough to hold a peak, floated on cold milk. The whole thing is a 1:1:1 ratio and…
Dirty Coffee
A small glass of ice-cold milk with a hot ristretto floating on top, its crema running down the inside of the…
Einspanner
Strong black coffee in a glass, buried under a thick layer of cold whipped cream that you drink the coffee…
Eiskaffee
A tall glass of cold coffee with scoops of vanilla ice cream in it and a swirl of whipped cream on top, eaten…
Es Kopi Susu
A tall glass of iced milk coffee sweetened with palm sugar, smoky and caramel rather than just sweet. It is a…
Espressino
A small glass with chocolate in the bottom, espresso, and soft milk foam on top, often with more chocolate or…
Ethiopian Buna
Green coffee roasted in a pan in front of the guests, crushed in a mortar, boiled in a clay pot and poured into…
Fiaker
A glass of strong black coffee with rum and sugar stirred in, under a cap of whipped cream, sometimes with a…
Freddo Cappuccino
Frothed iced espresso under a thick, dense cap of cold milk foam that you drink the coffee through. The foam is…
Freddo Espresso
A double espresso whipped with a couple of ice cubes until it turns to foam, then poured over a fresh glass of…
Gaelic Coffee
An Irish coffee made with Scotch: hot, sweet black coffee and whisky under a cold collar of lightly whipped…
Galao
A tall glass, mostly hot foamy milk, with a single espresso through it. It is lighter and milder than a latte,…
Greek Coffee
Thick, strong unfiltered coffee in a small cup, with a tan foam called kaimaki across the top and a layer of…
Greek Frappe
A tall glass of iced coffee under a thick, long-lasting tan foam, made from instant coffee in a shaker or with…
Gulf Qahwa
A pale gold, almost tea-like coffee, heavy with cardamom and tinted with saffron, poured an inch deep into…
Indian Cold Coffee
A thick, frothy, milky blended coffee, sweet and very cold, sometimes with a scoop of ice cream whizzed in. In…
Ipoh White Coffee
A pale, frothy, sweet milk coffee, smoother and nuttier than ordinary kopi. The white has nothing to do with…
Japanese Iced Coffee
A bright, aromatic iced coffee that tastes like your best pour-over, only cold. You brew it hot straight onto…
Kaffeost, Coffee with Cheese
Cubes of squeaky Finnish bread cheese in the bottom of the cup with hot coffee poured over them. The cheese…
Kapuziner
A small cup of strong black coffee with just enough cream to turn it the colour of a Capuchin friar's robe. It…
Karsk
A glass of thin coffee with an alarming amount of clear spirit in it, measured by a coin at the bottom of the…
Kopi Joss, Charcoal Coffee
A glowing ember of hardwood charcoal dropped straight into a glass of sweet black coffee. It hisses, throws up…
Kopi Tubruk
A glass of strong, sweet black coffee with the grounds still in it, settled to a thick layer at the bottom. It…
Kopi, Kopi O and Kopi C
Thick, dark, butter-roasted coffee pulled through a cloth sock and sweetened at the counter in exact, coded…
Kyoto Slow Drip
A clear, dark, intensely aromatic cold coffee, almost like a liqueur, made by letting ice water fall onto a bed…
Marocchino
A small glass of espresso layered with cocoa and a thick cap of milk foam, bitter chocolate first and soft milk…
Mastic Coffee
A Greek coffee with a cool, resinous, faintly pine-like scent coming off the foam. It comes from a single tear…
Mazagran
Cold coffee, lemon and sugar over ice. It sounds wrong and tastes like a coffee lemonade, bitter and bright at…
Nous Nous
A short glass, half coffee and half foamy hot milk, usually sweetened at the table. It is the drink every…
Oliang
A tall glass of very sweet, very cold black coffee with a toasty, nutty, almost cereal edge from the roasted…
Pharisaer
A cup of strong, sweet black coffee with a generous shot of rum, sealed under a thick layer of whipped cream so…
Raf Coffee
Espresso, cream and vanilla sugar steamed together as one liquid rather than layered. It was invented in a…
Rudesheimer Kaffee
German brandy warmed and flamed with sugar until it caramelises, hot coffee poured over, then a thick cap of…
Scandinavian Egg Coffee
A whole egg, shell included, mixed into the grounds before they hit the water. The egg protein grabs every…
South Indian Filter Coffee
A small steel tumbler of sweet, milky, frothy coffee, poured from height between the tumbler and its…
Spiced Buna
Strong Ethiopian coffee brewed with smoky korerima cardamom and a little cinnamon, with a fresh sprig of rue…
Thai Iced Coffee
Strong, dark, grain-scented Thai coffee sweetened with condensed milk, poured over crushed ice and finished…
Tinto
A small cup of black coffee, lighter and sweeter than an espresso, sold for very little from thermoses on…
Turkish Coffee
Small, strong and thick, with a dense tan foam that should cover the whole cup and a layer of grounds below you…
Vietnamese Egg Coffee
Egg yolk whipped with condensed milk into a warm custard foam, floated on strong phin-brewed robusta. It drinks…
Vietnamese Salt Coffee
Lightly salted cream over phin coffee and condensed milk. The salt is not a gimmick: it blocks the bitterness…
Wiener Melange
A large cup of mild coffee, half steamed milk, under a soft cap of milk foam. It is Vienna's most ordered…
Yemeni Qishr
A copper-coloured, tea-like drink that tastes of dried cherries, hibiscus and fresh ginger, with a gentle…
Yogurt Coffee
Thick, sweet-sour yogurt in the bottom of the glass, crushed ice, and a dark pour of robusta over the top. It…
Yuanyang
Coffee and milk tea in the same cup, smooth and strong, with the tea's tannins and the coffee's roast landing…
Black Forest Coffee
A mug that tastes like Black Forest gateau: dark chocolate melted into hot coffee, a spoon of sour cherry jam,…
Buttered Rum Coffee
Hot coffee whisked with a spoon of spiced brown sugar and butter batter until frothy, so it tastes like a hot…
Cafe Alva Cocoa
A mug of real hot cocoa, made from cocoa powder in a pan, with an equal pour of strong hot coffee whisked…
Cafe Borgia
A chocolate espresso with fresh orange zest stirred through it, under whipped cream with more zest and a…
Cinnamon Spiced Coffee
A pot of filter coffee with warm cinnamon and a hint of cardamom and nutmeg brewed straight in. The spice goes…
Hawaiian Coffee
A mellow, nutty coffee with warm coconut milk and a hint of macadamia, finished with toasted coconut. It is…
Hot Cinnamon Coffee
A sweet, warming cinnamon latte, made with a quick brown sugar and cinnamon syrup and finished with a dusting…
Maple Coffee
Coffee sweetened with real maple syrup instead of sugar, with a pinch of salt to bring out its caramel and…
Mocha Coffee Mix
A jar of creamy mocha mix that needs nothing but hot water: instant coffee, cocoa, sugar and whole milk powder.…
Orange Cinnamon Coffee
A pot of black coffee with fresh orange and warm cinnamon steeped right into it, bright on the nose and spiced…
Vanilla Almond Coffee
Coffee sweetened with a homemade vanilla almond syrup, warm and marzipan-scented, without any of the artificial…
Alexander Espresso
A Brandy Alexander with a shot of espresso shaken into it: creamy, chocolatey and cold, with a fine foam and a…
Alpine Carnival
A tall glass of light, sweet coffee with a generous splash of clear fruit brandy, the kind of drink passed…
Amaretto Coffee
Hot coffee with amaretto stirred through, under lightly whipped cream and a scatter of toasted almonds. It…
Boston Caribbean Coffee
Hot coffee with dark rum and chocolate liqueur, sweetened with a spoon of brown sugar and finished with whipped…
Cafe Brulot
Brandy, orange liqueur, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and citrus peel set alight in a bowl, then quenched with strong…
Cafe Diablo
A dark, sweet, fiercely spiced coffee, flamed with brandy and two liqueurs and served in small cups after…
Caffe Corretto
A single espresso with a small splash of spirit in it, usually grappa or sambuca, drunk standing at the bar…
Canadian Coffee
Hot coffee sweetened with maple syrup, a measure of smooth Canadian whisky, and lightly whipped cream with a…
Coffee Negroni
A negroni with a dark roasted edge, bitter, sweet and herbal as usual, with coffee arriving in the finish. The…
Coffee Old Fashioned
A bourbon old fashioned with a quiet coffee note running through it, dark, slightly bitter and warming. It is…
Cold Kahlua Coffee Punch
A big bowl of cold, creamy, sweet coffee punch, with scoops of vanilla ice cream melting into it and whipped…
Espresso Martini
A cold, dark, bittersweet cocktail under a thick tan foam, with three coffee beans floating on top. The foam is…
Hot Baja Coffee
A big mug of half coffee, half hot chocolate, with coffee liqueur and chocolate liqueur stirred in and whipped…
Irish Coffee
Four ingredients, one of which people usually get wrong: the cream is lightly whipped, not squirted from a can,…
Kahlua Coffee
Hot coffee with a measure of coffee liqueur and a float of lightly whipped cream. It is two ingredients plus…
Keoke Coffee
A mug of hot coffee with brandy, coffee liqueur and chocolate liqueur stirred through, under a thick cap of…
Mexican Coffee
Hot coffee spiked with tequila and coffee liqueur in a cinnamon-sugar rimmed glass, finished with whipped…
Pluto Coffee
A short, dark after-dinner coffee: sambuca warmed and flamed with three roasting coffee beans, then put out…
Spanish Coffee
A stemmed glass with a crackling caramelised sugar rim, rum and orange liqueur, hot coffee and a float of…
Affogato
A scoop of cold gelato drowned in a hot shot. Two ingredients, thirty seconds, and the best dessert to coffee…
Banana Coffee Smoothie
A thick, creamy, naturally sweet smoothie of frozen banana and cold brew, with oats for body. It tastes like a…
Coffee Granita
Fine, dark, intensely bitter-sweet coffee ice, scraped into crystals and layered in a glass with unsweetened…
Coffee Ice Cream
A dense, smooth custard ice cream that tastes of fresh coffee rather than of cold leftover coffee. The flavour…
Coffee Latte Shake
A thick, frosty latte you drink through a straw, made from frozen milk and frozen coffee rather than ice cream.…
Coffee Layer Cake
Two layers of soft, buttery coffee sponge sandwiched and topped with coffee buttercream and walnuts. It is the…
Coffee Milkshake
A thick, cold, creamy shake that tastes of coffee rather than of vanilla with a hint of brown. The trick is…
Coffee or Mocha Smoothie
A thick, naturally sweet breakfast smoothie of cold brew, oats, Greek yogurt and soft dates, with a spoon of…
Coffee Panna Cotta
A pale coffee cream that holds its shape on the plate and trembles when you touch it, under a pour of bitter…
Coffee Soda
Coffee syrup and soda water over ice with a slow pour of cold cream on top, so it fizzes, swirls and turns into…
Dalgona Cake
Two layers of light coffee sponge, soaked with sweet coffee, filled and covered with a pale, airy cream made by…
Espresso Brownies
Dense, fudgy dark chocolate brownies with a shiny, crackled top, where the espresso makes the chocolate taste…
Frosted Mocha
Cold coffee and chocolate ice cream blended for just a few seconds, so it is thick, frosty and half spoonable,…
Irish Coffee Pudding
An Irish coffee you eat with a spoon: a soft, set coffee and whiskey mousse in a small glass, under a layer of…
Japanese Coffee Jelly
Dark, barely sweet cubes of coffee jelly in a glass, with cold cream or condensed milk poured over. It is a…
Rainforest Crunch Shake
A thick coffee milkshake with buttery cashew and Brazil nut brittle broken through it and crunched over the…
Tiramisu
Coffee-soaked biscuits between layers of thick, sweet mascarpone cream, under a dark dusting of bitter cocoa.…
Vietnamese Coffee Flan
A silky condensed milk custard under a layer of bitter caramel, turned out and served in a bowl with crushed…
How to Brew in a Cezve
The oldest brewing method still in daily use, and the only one where the grounds stay in the cup. The foam on…
How to Brew Vietnamese Phin Coffee
A metal cup with a perforated base and a loose lid, sat on top of a glass. No pump, no paper, no electricity.…
How to Brew with a Chemex
The cleanest cup any pour over makes, because the filter is roughly three times the weight of a normal paper.…
How to Brew with a Clever Dripper
Steeps like a press and drains through paper like a pour over, which gets you body and clarity at the same…
How to Brew with a Hario V60
Twenty grams of coffee, 320 grams of water, finished inside three minutes. The V60 gives you more control than…
How to Brew with a Kalita Wave
A flat bed and three small holes instead of one big one, which takes most of the pour technique out of the…
How to Brew with a Siphon
Two glass globes, a burner and a cloth filter. Vapour pressure pushes water upward into the coffee, then the…
How to Brew with an AeroPress
Paper filter and gentle pressure, so you get the clarity of a pour over with more body. Almost any method…
How to Make Better Drip Machine Coffee
The machine is rarely the problem. Six changes, none of which cost anything, will get more out of the one…
How to Make Better Pod Coffee
A capsule machine gives you one button and almost no variables, which is the appeal. There are still four or…
How to Make Cowboy Coffee
No filter, no plunger, no equipment beyond a pot. Grounds go in the water and then you persuade them to sink.…
How to Make French Press Coffee
Full immersion and a metal filter, so the oils and some of the fines stay in the cup. That is where the body…
How to Make South Indian Filter Coffee
A two-chamber steel filter makes a decoction thick as treacle, which then meets scalding milk. The pour between…
How to Pull an Espresso Shot
Eighteen grams in, thirty-six grams out, somewhere around twenty-eight seconds. Everything else in espresso is…
How to Use a Moka Pot
Nearly every bitter moka pot is bitter for the same two reasons: cold water in the boiler and too much heat…
How to Use a Neapolitan Flip Pot
Naples brewed coffee this way for a century before the moka pot arrived. No pressure at all: you heat water in…
How to Use a Stovetop Percolator
A percolator boils coffee and then pours it back over the grounds, over and over. Done carelessly that is a…
The Inverted AeroPress Method
Stand the AeroPress on its plunger and nothing drains until you decide. It costs you one slightly nervous flip…
Biscoff Latte
Speculoos spread melted into the shot, milk poured over, biscuit crumbled on top. One technique to get right…
Brown Sugar Boba Coffee
Chewy tapioca pearls in dark brown sugar syrup, with iced coffee and milk poured over. The pearls have a…
Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso
Three shots shaken with brown sugar and cinnamon, poured over ice and topped with oat milk. The shake is doing…
Butter Coffee
Butter and MCT oil blended into black coffee until it looks like a latte. The method is straightforward; the…
Caramel Macchiato
Vanilla syrup in the bottom, steamed milk, espresso poured through the foam, caramel over the top. Built upside…
Cloud Coffee
A soft meringue floated on iced coffee, so it sits above the glass like a cloud and melts slowly into it.…
Coffee Mocktails
An espresso martini without the vodka, built so it does not taste like something is missing. The trick is…
Gingerbread Latte
Nearly every recipe for this makes a cinnamon and ginger latte and calls it gingerbread. What is missing is…
Mushroom Coffee
Coffee cut with mushroom extract, usually about half and half. It tastes earthier and carries less caffeine,…
Olive Oil Coffee
A spoonful of extra virgin olive oil blended into coffee. It is genuinely interesting to drink, and there is a…
Peppermint Mocha
Chocolate, coffee and mint. The whole drink hinges on one measurement, because a quarter teaspoon of peppermint…
Proffee
A protein shake with espresso in it. The drink is simple and the one thing that goes wrong is chemical: whey…
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Real pumpkin, cooked into a spiced syrup first. That cooking step is the whole difference between a latte that…
Tiramisu Latte
A latte under a cap of whipped mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa. The mascarpone is the whole drink, and it…
Whipped Matcha Coffee
A matcha latte with whipped coffee foam spooned on top. Three distinct layers if you build it right, and…