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Espresso vs Affogato - What's the difference?

espresso | affogato |

As nouns the difference between espresso and affogato

is that espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee while affogato is a drink or dessert topped with espresso, and sometimes also with caramel sauce or chocolate sauce.

espresso

English

(wikipedia espresso)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.
  • A drink that includes espresso as an ingredient.

    • Related terms

    * espresso breve

    References

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    affogato

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A drink or dessert topped with espresso, and sometimes also with caramel sauce or chocolate sauce
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year= 1970 , year_published= , author= Kate Simon , by= , title= Italy: the places in between , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=LgAXAQAAIAAJ&q=affogato&dq=affogato , original= , chapter= , section = , isbn= , edition= , publisher= Harper & Row , location= , editor= , volume= , page= 196 , passage= A good place for watching this harried, inchoate process is the cafĂ© nearest the church, whose specialty is affogato (stifled or suffocated or drowned). }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "affogato") ----