It also means express in italian. It’s a pun. The reason it was invented was to make coffee brewing faster so coffee breaks wouldn’t take so long.
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ICastFist@programming.dev 2 years ago
For anyone that sees espresso and thinks express, as in something fast, it’s actually meant to be pressed, as it’s an Italian term. So that’s hot water that went through pressed coffee powder.
berengal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 years ago
Espresso makes me Expresso.
sushibowl@feddit.nl 2 years ago
The “pressed” doesn’t refer to the coffee powder but to the water: the water is pressed through the coffee grounds using high pressure (around 9 bars or so).
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 years ago
Ops, my mistake!