最近一段时间每天早晨都会煮一小壶咖啡喝，其实drip-brewed coffee目前还是足够满足我的，况且我有时的不求甚解让喝了很久咖啡的我其实对咖啡仍然缺少基本常识，到上周末我都并不知道什么叫espresso-_-。但一时冲动在wikipedia上查了latte，然后看了espresso的介绍，看到如下一段话：

Espresso is considered the default coffee in Southern Europe, notably Italy, Portugal and France. Ordering a coffee (un caffè in Italian) means ordering an espresso; this confuses foreigners in Italy and Italians abroad alike. What is considered plain coffee in the United States is normally not brewed in Italy. A similar alternative, an espresso mixed with hot water, is known as caffè americano. The phrase ‘American Coffee’ (spoken in English) is widely understood. It is rarely ordered by Italians.

espresso.jpg于是，我就莫名的想买一台espresso coffee maker。然后周日购物，超市磨咖啡豆的机器坏掉，我就一不做二不休，跑去walmart买了一台coffe grinder和espresso/cappuccino coffeemaker！其实并不贵，俺买的espresso maker不过$25，比我之前买的drip brew coffe maker没贵几块，我还bt的都买了同一个牌子的，嘿嘿。照片看上去还不错吧？买回来看说明书才发现做个espresso还挺麻烦，因为用到高压，所以需要小心操作，否则很容易烫伤，于是昨晚就好好看了看说明书，到了今晚才尝试我的第一次espresso。按照说明清洗机器，用新买的grinder磨好新鲜的咖啡粉，一切就绪！转眼两shot的espresso就出炉了！本来想简单的做个steamed milk，然后做个latte算了，结果水没倒够，没有蒸汽了。。。于是就干喝了这两个shot，哈。然后，决定再来两个shot！这次加足了水，打奶泡，做cappuccino！当然还是有点狼狈，自然没精力遵循1/3 espresso，1/3 steamed milk，1/3 frothed milk的比例，搅出奶泡就直接倒进espresso里，
mycappuccino.jpg但样子足够接近cappuccino了，嘿嘿。然后轻轻嘬一口，唔，好感动，终于在家里喝到自己做的cappuccino！不过相比简单的咖啡壶，这espresso maker就得相对小心维护，至少要及时清洗，不过想想以后，能惬意的窝在床上，手捧一杯cappuccino，哈，爽。说明书还有简单的recipe，可以做latte, mocha，或者加alcohol做其他饮料比如Cafe Irish，呵呵。留下照片做纪念，my first ever made cappuccino！希望今晚不会受惩罚睡不着觉，我本科时就常睡前喝咖啡，一样睡的香，今晚虽然是更强的espresso，还总共喝了4个shot，如果还没影响（起码我现在挺困），哈，那我就更可以放心随时喝咖啡了。不过我平时喝咖啡还是能提神的，只是不怎么影响睡眠:p