Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An espresso drink made with less hot water than normal.
- adj. Poured with less hot water than normal.
Etymologies
- Italian ristretto ("concentrated") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“From the book, I learn about ristretto, which is described in the beginning of the story as “made with the same amount of ground coffee as an ordinary espresso but half the amount of water.””
“Pour about 8 ounces of very strong ristretto and 3 tablespoons of brandy/marsala into a wide dish.”
“I prefer walking in the first district in Vienna where there are a lot of traditional coffee houses and I drop in for a ristretto.”
The Wall Street Journal: Collecting Is Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder's Forte
“I have been in search of that perfect shot of espresso or — if I can find it — ristretto since the beginning of last year.”
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“CGI is like a quad, venti, half-caff, one pump sugar-free vanilla, two pumps sugar-free hazelnut, extra-hot, ristretto latte, with half soy, half lowfat organic milk, with two paper cups from Starbucks.”
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“For reasons of the heart, I was later obliged to dive into Italy's Caffeinated Complications: ristretto vs. espresso, lungo vs. Americano; black vs. 'stained' with warm/cold milk; served in a glass vs. a cup -- and so on.”
“But then again, olive oil is delicious on vanilla ice cream and balsamic is great with strawberries, so it's no surprise that this mix would be beautiful with the depth of a Caffe Luxxe ristretto.”
The Huffington Post: Claire Thomas: The Search for the Perfect Ristretto: Caffe Luxxe
“All of our drinks are made with ristretto shots.”
The Huffington Post: Claire Thomas: The Search for the Perfect Ristretto: Caffe Luxxe
“I stopped by a few places I expected to see ristretto offered: LA Mill, Intellgentsia, etc., but got nowhere fast.”
The Huffington Post: Claire Thomas: The Search for the Perfect Ristretto: Caffe Luxxe
“After reading about the ristretto method for pulling espresso shots (where a shorter brewing cycle enables the sweetest flavors to be extracted before the bitter ones can develop) in one of my favorite publications, Gastronomica, I was on a mission to find one in LA.”
The Huffington Post: Claire Thomas: The Search for the Perfect Ristretto: Caffe Luxxe
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ristretto’.
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Mandles, Candles for Men
candles with a "manly" scent
a1 steak sauce, baseball glove, grillin' out, campfire, pigskin, bowling alley, musty locker room, chuck norris sweat, urinal deodorizer, bait shop, wet dog, hardware store and 210 more...
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1001 ways to caffeinate
Coffee has been in the news recently; several long-term studies have concluded coffee almost certainly helps prevent type 2 diabetes, liver disease, basal cell carcinoma and possibly Parkinson’s. ...
flat white, black coffee, breve, ristretto, espresso, doppio, tripplo, depth charge, eiskaffee, caffè latte, café au lait, galão and 230 more...
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How Do You Take Your Coffee?
The things that can be done to a cuppa joe.
Kahlúa, Irish coffee, syrup shot, vanilla, hazelnut, Sanka, harmless, decaf, half-caf, quad, triple, double and 97 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
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Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Coffee!
espresso, cappuccino, café con leche, café au lait, caffè sospeso, caffè macchiato, caffè corretto, café mocha, caffè e latte, doppio, cortado, flat white and 19 more...
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Caffeinated beverages
The art of selling the same drink to different people at different prices.
americano, café au lait, café con leche, cappuccino, mocha, moccaccino, cortado, latte, flat white, long black, macchiato, espresso and 6 more...
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bitrocker's Words
Tweets
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