Frank and Adrian Maxwell talk about how the UKs only manufacturer of traditional espresso machines, Fracino, began 50 years ago.
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A barista is an espresso machine “coffee artist” who has extensive knowledge about coffee and prepares, decorates and serves drinks to the customer. Barista (m/f) is the Italian word for barkeeper. The Italian plural form is baristi (m) or bariste (f). The term was initially adopted in English, where its meaning changed slightly. While a [...]
Birmingham coffee machine manufacturer Fracino, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year, has clinched the UK’s Winner of Winners Award and Outstanding Export Award from the UK manufacturers association EEF. The accolades acknowledges the trailblazing success of the UK’s only espresso and cappuccino machine manufacturer which sells coffee machines to the Italians and engraves [...]
The main active ingredient in coffee is caffeine. Caffeine is found not only in the seeds of the coffee bush, but also in more than 60 other plants such as the tea bush, the mate tree and the kola nut. Coffee is valued for its stimulative effect on the body’s cardiovascular system and for its [...]
The coffee machine is naturally also an important factor in making a coffee or espresso crowned with a perfect crema. However, apart from the coffee machine, other factors are decisive for making a “Schümlikaffee” as it is called in Switzerland: The crema, the thick, golden-brown foam which is formed on the prepared espresso, is made [...]
In the early 20th century, Brazil was the world’s biggest coffee producer. Today almost the entire production of coffee comes from Central America, Brazil and the tropical parts of South America. World coffee production amounts to around 100 million bags a year with Brazil in first place representing about ¼ of total production. 8 ½ [...]
The main criterion for making a fine and creamy foam is the temperature of the milk, which should be between 4 and 8°C. The type of milk used and its fat content are not of great importance. The protein contained in the milk is responsible for the consistency of the milk foam, and not the [...]
Did you know that it takes around 70 roasted coffee beans to make one cup of coffee? These 70 beans produce around 8 grams of coffee. To make this single cup, around 40 grams of coffee cherries need to be picked on the plantation. Several steps are required before the coffee beans can be roasted. [...]
Coffee is good for you…. No less than two recent medical studies suggest that drinking coffee is much healthier than popular belief would have it. One of these was a long-term study into the effects of caffeine on the central nervous system involving more than 1400 people in Sweden and Finland. People who drink three [...]
