espresso

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Cioccolate martini -- espresso, Hershey's syrup and half-and-half, shaken over ice and served strained, with latte art on top ($3) -- satisfied like the caffeinated goblet of frosty chocolate milk it was.

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  1. noun A strong coffee brewed by forcing steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee beans.

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  • He had never been south of the border before and he felt vaguely anxious, fish out of water, lost in a land where people probably never heard of pasta carbonara and thought espresso was a delivery service. —  EQMM,August2006
  • Also, Coffee + 3 shots of espresso is a Green Eye, at least at my store —  WordPress.com News
  • Chogori AKA K2 was invisible in the morning; Ali, our cook, woke up earlier to prepare breakfast, mine the usual espresso -- only this time it was a double.
  • I looked it up and there is indeed a drink called a Caffeini Martini that is made with Kahlua, chocolate liqueur, butterscotch schnapps, espresso, and milk. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • • Double boiler systems: provides ample milk steaming power for unlimited milk while maintaining optimum brewing temperature for brewing espresso, and hot water for tea. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Italian (caffè) espresso, espresso (coffee), past participle of esprimere, to press out, from Latin exprimere : ex-, ex- + premere, to press; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.
 

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