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Café de Olla

Café de Olla is a Mexican spiced coffee brewed in an earthenware clay pot (*olla de barro*). The preparation combines medium-to-dark roast ground coffee with water, *piloncillo* (unrefined cane sugar shaped into a cone), cinnamon sticks, and optionally cloves or star anise. The coffee and spices are simmered together — not filtered immediately — allowing the aromatic compounds and sugar to fully integrate. The result is a warm, moderately sweet, spiced coffee with an earthen note contributed by the clay vessel. It is most strongly associated with rural and traditional Mexican domestic culture, though it is served in restaurants and cafés across the country, particularly for breakfast.

Espresso

Espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage produced by forcing hot water at roughly 9 bar of pressure through a compact bed of finely ground coffee. The result — 25–30 ml of liquid — carries a thin layer of reddish-brown crema, a colloidal emulsion of oils, gases, and proteins that defines a well-extracted shot. Originating in early-twentieth-century Turin, espresso became the technical foundation on which most modern café culture is built. It is consumed alone, sweetened, or used as the base for [[Cappuccino]], [[Cortado]], [[Macchiato]], and dozens of other preparations worldwide.

Ristretto

Ristretto is an ultra-short [[Espresso]] extraction: the same dose of finely ground coffee but only half the water — approximately 15–20 ml output rather than the standard 25–30 ml. *Ristretto* is Italian for "restricted," and the restriction applies to both volume and extraction time. Because early extraction pulls the sweetest, most soluble compounds first, a ristretto is sweeter and less bitter than a standard espresso despite being more concentrated. It is the base shot of choice in many [[Flat White]] preparations and in the most stringent Italian espresso bars.

Jebena Bunna

Jebena Bunna is the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony — a preparation ritual centred on a clay pot called a *jebena*, in which green coffee beans are roasted over coals in the presence of guests, ground by hand in a wooden mortar, and brewed in three successive infusions (*abol*, *tona*, *baraka*). Ethiopia is the original homeland of coffee (*Coffea arabica*), and the *jebena* ceremony is both a functional coffee preparation and a social institution: a single ceremony can last two to three hours and is considered an expression of respect and community. The ceremony is performed by women, and its aromas — roasting coffee, burning incense — are an inseparable part of the experience.

French press (Cafetière)

The French press, also known as *cafetière* (UK), *press pot*, or *plunger*, is an immersion brewing method: coarsely ground coffee steeps in hot water for 3–5 minutes, after which a metal mesh plunger is pressed down through the liquid to separate grounds from coffee. The result is a full-bodied, rich, sediment-bearing brew with a character distinctly different from filter coffee — the absence of a paper filter means coffee oils (primarily cafestol and kahweol) and fine particles remain in the cup. The French press was commercially developed in France in the 1920s and patented in various forms by Italian and Swiss inventors. It is one of the simplest, most replicable brewing methods available.

Cortado

Cortado is a Spanish espresso-based drink defined by a 1:1 ratio of [[Espresso]] to warm steamed milk. The name comes from the Spanish verb *cortar* — to cut — referring to the milk cutting the acidity and intensity of the espresso without overwhelming it. Served in a small glass (roughly 60–90 ml total), the cortado occupies the space between a [[Macchiato]] and a [[Flat White]]: more milk than a macchiato, considerably less than a latte. Its origins trace to the café culture of northern Spain, particularly the Basque Country.

Bosnian coffee

Bosnian coffee is a traditional coffee preparation from Bosnia and Herzegovina, closely related to [[Turkish coffee]] but with a distinct brewing sequence that produces a cleaner, stronger cup. The ground coffee is added to a small *džezva* (the Bosnian variant of the cezve) after water has come to a boil and removed from heat — not before, as in Turkish method — then the *džezva* is returned to heat briefly until the coffee blooms. The grounds are allowed to settle before pouring. Bosnian coffee is not sweetened in the cup; instead, a cube of sugar (*rahat lokum* or standard cube sugar) is placed on the saucer and bitten between sips. The preparation and its serving ritual are a significant part of Bosnian hospitality culture.