Coffeehouse
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A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café, is an establishment that serves various types of coffee drinks like espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, as well as other beverages. An espresso bar speciali
The Café de Flore on the Rive Gauche in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. Its famous clientele included writers and philosophers.
Palestinian women grinding coffee beans
A coffeehouse in Cairo, 18th century
A Viennese café
Espresso
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Espresso is a concentrated form of coffee produced by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee beans. Originating in Italy, espresso has become one of the most popular coffee
A cup of espresso served in Ventimiglia, Italy
A man pulls an espresso while leaning out of a train in a 1922 advertisement for a "caffé espresso" machine. The imagery references the shared associations of speed and steam, as well as name: in Italy, a class of trains is called "espresso".
Luigi Bezzera at the 1906 World Fair Expo in Milan
Early 20th-century design. The pressure gauge goes to 3 bars.