The Pulled Journal
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January 25, 2025
A chai latte is spiced tea concentrate mixed with steamed milk, typically served in an 8 to 12 oz cup. The spices usually include cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, clove, and black pepper.
January 23, 2025
Cold brew is coffee steeped in cold water for 12 to 24 hours. Not iced coffee. The slow extraction produces a smoother, less acidic concentrate with more caffeine per ounce.
January 20, 2025
A dirty chai is a chai latte with a shot of espresso. The espresso is the dirt. It turns a spiced tea drink into a hybrid that is neither fully coffee nor fully tea but borrows the best from both.
January 17, 2025
A red eye is a cup of drip coffee with a shot of espresso added. Not complicated. Not refined. Not trying to be beautiful. Trying to wake you up, and very good at its job.
January 14, 2025
A Gibraltar is a cortado served in a specific 4.5 oz Libbey glass. Blue Bottle Coffee coined the name in San Francisco. Outside the Bay Area, it is usually just called a cortado.
January 11, 2025
A breve is a latte made with half-and-half instead of regular milk. Richer, thicker, and higher in calories than a standard latte. Not common outside the US.
January 8, 2025
A lungo is a long espresso shot pulled to about 2 to 3 oz using the same amount of coffee as a regular shot but double the water. More bitter, more caffeine, less sweet.
January 5, 2025
A ristretto is espresso restricted. Same coffee, less water, shorter extraction. Sweeter, more concentrated, and the purest expression of what a bean can do.
December 29, 2024
A mocha is espresso plus chocolate sauce plus steamed milk, typically 8 to 12 oz. It is essentially a latte with chocolate added.
December 26, 2024
The word macchiato means stained or marked in Italian. One shot of espresso with a small mark of milk. The purest of the milk drinks, and the most misunderstood.
December 22, 2024
The flat white is the drink that made the rest of the world take Australia and New Zealand seriously about coffee. Espresso, steamed milk, and the most texturally refined pour you can order.
December 19, 2024
The cortado is a small, quiet drink. Two ounces of espresso, two ounces of steamed milk. No foam. No performance. Just coffee and milk in equal measure.
December 16, 2024
A latte is one or two shots of espresso with steamed milk, typically 8 to 12 oz in the US. It is the most commonly ordered espresso drink in America.
