By the way, I went to the bookstore a few days ago, planning to buy a "short and concise" English book, read it quickly, and then post it on Moments, pretending that I had read an English book in a very literate manner. Book. Then, I discovered a book that looked quite interesting. Let me share the cover first to let everyone feel the charm of this wonderful book:

At first glance, this book has many pictures and few words. Moreover, the theme of coffee can show that I have unique taste, doesn’t it just fit in with my purpose of “pretending” connotation? So I quickly spent six yuan to buy this magical book and read it.

Thinking of my good friend Lao Shi who often goes to Starbucks to buy coffee as a small bourgeoisie, I decided to share some trivia about coffee and English.

Before I went abroad, I always called barista a coffee maker. This title is correct and can generally refer to anyone who can brew coffee. But in fact, in a cafe, a professional barista is the type of person who has meticulous control over the taste of coffee and whose latte art technique amazes me. They can be called baristas.

Well, next time Lao Shi tells me about his high salary and goes to Starbucks to buy coffee, I will ask him, "Which color dress barista made it for you?" to stop him. His mouth, gag him, gag him.

Coffee beans need to be roasted before they can be made into coffee. Professional coffee shops use various roasted coffee beans (roasted coffee beans) to brew (brew) into drinkable coffee through a coffee machine. The coffee brewed by different brew styles will taste different, but I can't taste it.

I may not be able to finish the detailed classification for days and nights. Here are the Italian coffees we usually drink:

1. Latte - My Ex Latte

1/6 Concentrate Coffee (Espresso), 4/6 steamed milk (textured milk), 1/6 milk foam (milk foam)

2. Flat white - my current one

Rumor has it that the Chinese name is very Literary and fresh, it is called "Fu Rui Bai". It is similar to latte, except that the milk foam is thinner and the taste is smoother. It is said that Uncle Wolf Hugh Jackman is his favorite.

3. Mocha - pronounced "mocha", not "friction"

2/5 espresso, 1/5 textured milk, 2/5 Hot chocolate ( hot chocolate )

4. Cappuccino - bubble coffee cappuccino

1/3 espresso ( Espresso ), 1/3 steamed milk ( textured milk ), 1/3 milk foam

Lao Shi once asked me that there are so many kinds of coffee with different ingredient ratios. Does the barista measure out two cups? Of course it's not that simple.

Faced with the ever-changing types of coffee and customer preferences, the secret to making coffee for a good barista is to say it is very sophisticated and profound. The answer is, maybe shocking, that is, that is,

Depend on! hand! feel!

As for me, who loves to pretend to be garlic, I like to order skimmed milk (skinny milk) when drinking coffee, so the Fuli white made with skinny milk is called skinny flat white. By analogy, we get: skinny latte, soy latte (made with soy milk), matcha latte (made with matcha) geometric sequence...

Then I love pretending to be garlic but I am afraid of it. I’m fat, so I want it to be sugar-free (no sugar). Of course, most people rarely have the willpower like me, so I recommend half sugar.

I remember when I first came abroad, all I ordered was: I want / wanna a cup of latte. By the way, in order to show the accent I picked up from watching American dramas, I deliberately changed "want" to Say "wanna". But in fact, when ordering with I want, the tone is actually rude and rude.

Later, I learned better and changed it to "I would like..., please.", or more politely: "Can I please have...?" By the way, it’s important to add “please”. We are all good kids from a land of etiquette. ?

So, I usually say:

"Can I please have a large skinny latte?" - "Can I please have a large skinny latte?"

"No sugar, please." - "Sugar-free."

So I have been talking about it for so long, and finally I will summarize some points about coffee! I hope that when I go to a coffee shop in the future, I can pretend to be a little more of an insider.

I think learning English does not have to be so rigid. You can also learn authentic English expressions through some interesting introductions. I used to be very poor at English, but with my passion for food, I started with the names of various dishes on the menus of foreign restaurants, and continued to research and discuss food with foreigners, and my English skills finally improved. Improved little by little. I hope my sharing can bring you a little fun. ?

Since I live in the city of coffee, I have a close relationship with coffee. After I learned certain coffee brewing and latte art techniques from an Italian colleague while not doing my job, I felt that my latte art skills had improved rapidly from negative to positive. The last picture commemorates the results of my efforts. I hope my English proficiency and Latte art skills will improve at the same time!

Thank you for watching! Welcome to exchange learning and guidance!