COFFEE MACHINE IN THE CONCUMER SOCIETY
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COFFEE MACHINE IN THE CONCUMER SOCIETY
Coffee is an essential part of our daily life, we drink it at morning, evening. Coffee beans depend on people’s request, baked with different methods, comes out with each own unique aroma, people attracted by its different aromas, some like its sour taste, some prefer bitter. For those people who love drinking coffee, they gather to found a shop, express their passion to coffee, coffee beans, coffee machine, every part that involve coffee. For those people love to go to coffee shops, they love the atmosphere in the shops, it’s a place they could chat, could read a book, enjoying a nice afternoon.
Coffee History
Coffee bean history
Since the early history of Egyptians, coffee has been an indispensable beverage for most people. Though the coffee bean originated by Africa, it spread rapidly to nearby countries, such as Arabic and Egypt. The very first bean preparation was to roast on an open fire and adding boiling water, creating a crude version of the beverage we enjoy today. It was said that coffee was been thought as a type of wine and was used as a barter and trade. Ferment and wine making are no new concept, it will be easy be to make connection between coffee bean and grapes trade. They looked similar on the plant; they looked exactly same when smashed, and they reacted the same result when the same process is done to them.
Coffee machine history The first espresso maker can be dated back in Milan, Italy in 1901, by Italian manufacturing company owner, Luigi Bezzera. He was trying to find a way to help his employee’s breaks speed up, reducing the time needed to brew. He find out that if pressure is applied in to the brewing process, the time would take lesser than normal, nicknamed “The fast coffee machine”; the very first espresso machine was sold in 1905 to Desidero Pavoni. There were some disadvantages to Bezzera’s original design. Espresso has accidently a burnt taste that was caused by boiling water and steam being forced through the coffee bean during the process. This changed when in 1938 Cremonesi develop a piston pump system that forced hot water which we can allowed through the coffee. This system was first launched at Achille Gaggia's coffee bar but World War II stoped its further development at that time. In 1946 Gaggia begins manufacturing a commercial piston machine. The resulting coffee had a layer of foam on top, also known as, "crema."
crema, gaggia coffee machine
Faema Coffee machine
Faema launches a pump-based machine. Instead of a hand-operated piston, the water is forced through the coffee by an electric pump. Water is taken from the fresh water sources and went through the tube that is already through boiler and then through the coffee. This allows the water be at optimal temperature much more easily. All modern commercial machines are essentially following this design. From then, the espresso machine has been made by various name brands company. These companies offered different features, styles and prices.
Coffee Machine varieties There’s many different coffee machines nowadays, the designs are required different methods, also created different aroma. There are cold extraction, steam pressure, steam extraction, filter extraction, Syphon(vacuum siphon). Steam pressure, extraction and filter extraction would be at some column. Because technically it is the same type of machine, either commercial, auto-driven.
Cold extraction 
Cold brewed coffee is a coffee extract brewed by using fresh ground coffee and cold water or ice cube. The syrup can be used to make fantastic iced-coffees, or added to hot water for a smoothly tasting hot beverage. The cold brewed coffee has some benefits, one is contain lesser acidic- in both taste and nature. The other one is that has a bit less caffeine, which would less likely cause heartburn, insomnia, blood sugar level fall, those normal effect.
Syphon(vacuum siphon)
Siphon coffee brewer has been widely used in early last century- long before the espresso machine. But it takes time to brew and need glass alcohol, so the popularity getting lesser and lesser, however, it still remain popular in certain area, such as Taiwan, Japan. For those coffee lovers and connoisseurs, the siphon brewer offers a cup of coffee of unparalleled flavor. Crisp and clean- siphon coffee makes a refreshing change to the brute strength and concentration of espresso.
The beauty of the vacuum siphon process is that the coffee is extend the contact with boiling water at optimal temperature, and maintain throughout the process. Not only it does produce perfect coffee at the perfect temperature, vacuum brewing is also a joy to watch.
Espresso steam/pump pressure Espresso is a traditional Italian coffee, it is a intensify coffee brewed by forcing steam under high pressure through coffee. The key element of the coffee machine is the filter holder where the coffee brewed. Espresso coffee contains three times the caffeine content of brewed coffee. A 30 ml espresso contains half the Caffeine as a 180 ml American Style coffee. The most important part of espresso is crèma, there’s a saying “the golden foam that's the hallmark of good espresso” If the crèma is very condensed and the bubble is small, then it’s a good espresso. There have some factors which can affect taste, smell, and level of acidic. For example, different type of machine could change the aroma and thickness of crema. Another one could be temperature; normally it has to be 88 – 96 degrees, not yet boiling. Different level of heat has various results. Espresso has lot of joy and mystery to be discover, Espresso making is an art that is not mastered upon first trial.
Coffee machine community For those coffee lovers, drinking coffee which is not made by their hand can no longer satisfy them, they want to share knowledge and experiences about variety of machines. This is basically how community group be formed. Also, coffee shops can be considered as a community. Such as Starbucks, by sharing information.
In conclusion, coffee is not just a cup of black water. It has much further meaning and history behind it. Coffee’s fascinating history and variety of coffee machine has been made, people can’t help but want to discover it.
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