Talk:Ristretto

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'Ristretto' is italian for 'restricted' or 'reduced', and does in this context indicate that an espresso is 'short', meaning the extraction of the espresso is stopped before it is normally finished.

'Caffè Ristretto' or 'Espresso Ristretto' is not a beverage as such, but a way of making an espresso.

The result is a smaller 'shot' of espresso, thicker and richer than normal.

While a regular espresso may take between 18 and 30 seconds to 'pull', a 'espresso ristretto' is cut short at only 12 to 16 seconds.

The classic 'ristretto' is made from a normal dose of coffee (as to a normal espresso), but many baristas make it from a larger dose and the normal amount of water.

Yours, John in Oslo

Recommended! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kaffelars (talk • contribs).

Can we get this to also come up from a search on wikipedia for "short shot"? I don't know how that's done, otherwise I'd do it.

--kilo