Plural of espresso; strong, concentrated coffee drinks made by forcing hot water through finely ground coffee beans.
From Italian espresso, literally meaning 'expressed' or 'pressed out,' derived from Latin exprimere. The Italian coffee culture brought this term to English in the 20th century.
Espresso literally means 'pressed out' in Italian—because the first espresso machines in Italy used pressure to force water through coffee super-fast, inventing a completely new drink in the 1900s!
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