Picking up where we left off in the list of coffee drinks from everywhere around the world, we get to frappuccino, which steps up in the coffee game with a couple of variations.
Varieties of frappuccinos include this beverage made with different ingredients added to the standard recipe. These can be espresso, caramel syrup, whipped cream, white chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, mocha sauce, toffee nut syrup and many others. But the standard recipe is only one.
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Frappuccino – Is known today as a Starbucks trademark brand, but was actually invented by The Coffee Connection, a company that Starbucks bought in 1994. The basic recipe features espresso, sweetened condensed milk or milk, and ice.
Galão – Originates in Portugal and is made similar to latte or cappuccino – of espresso and foamed milk. It’s generally served in a tall glass with sweet pastry on the side. Galão is one-quarter coffee, and three-quarters foamed milk.
Greek Frappé Coffee – Originates in Greece and was invented in 1957 in Thessaloniki. The Greek version of frappé is made with instant coffee, which is blended with a little sugar and water until forming a foam. Cold water is added over the coffee, ice cubes, and sometimes evaporated milk.
Iced Coffee – Is an iced coffee-based beverage usually made of a combination of brewed coffee and sweetened condensed milk, although initially iced coffee was made by soaking ground coffee into water for a few hours, and then filtering it. Modern iced coffee can be any popular coffee drink that has been chilled.
Irish coffee – Is traditional to Ireland and consists of hot coffee combined with Irish whiskey and sugar, all of which is topped with thick cream. The cream floats on the coffee thanks to the sugar, so the coffee must be and is drunk through it.
Liqueur coffee – Includes Irish coffee but is not limited to Irish coffee. Liqueur coffee is coffee combined with a shot of liqueur, anything from brandy, tequila, and gin to rum, vodka, Swiss prune schnapps, Tia Maria and others. This type of coffee usually contains more sugar to balance the taste of alcohol.
Turkish coffee – Refers to unfiltered coffee or coffee that is prepared by grounding the coffee to a fine powder, then boiling it in a pot up to three times usually with sugar. Coffee prepared Turkish-style should foam, and should not be allowed to boil because this causes the foam to evaporate. Turkish coffee is traditionally served with a glass of water.
Vienna coffee – Is a traditional coffee served in Austria and it consists of two shots of strong black espresso infused with whipped cream. The coffee is poured into a standard-size coffee cup, and the whipped cream is added until the cup is full. Usually, the cream is twirled and the coffee sprinkled with chocolate bits.
Cafe Sua Da – Originates in Vietnam and is an iced milk coffee. Traditionally it is made using Vietnamese-grown dark roast coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice. What is particular about this coffee is that it’s brewed individually into cups using a Vietnamese coffee filter which makes a stronger brew.
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Yuanyang – Also known as coffee with tea, this beverage is popular in Hong-Kong and can be made hot or cold. It is a coffee and tea drink prepared with brewed coffee and sweet black milk tea, in three parts coffee to seven parts tea. It’s sometimes made with decaffeinated coffee and tea.