A story about some coffee I made this week

About late January I was exploring Vietnamese coffee and these past few weeks I’ve been trying to recreate many of my pandemic recipes from dalgona to matcha presso. I began to explore ways to extract espresso-like using phin filters and I have to say, I sort of get it. I went against the rule that the powder has to be medium coarse and I ended up using a very fine powder but using heaps of coffee powder to create espresso like liquid that’s perfect for lattes. But there are days lately when I am lazy and I found a place where I can order single shot and double shot espresso.

These places help me a lot because I can save on money while still drinking amazing cafe-grade coffee. In this post, I’ll show you all the coffee I had and new places I found that have amazing coffee.

Matcha presso!

Matcha and espresso make a great combination. They’re amazing and I will always love them not only for the taste but the placebo effects it has on me. To make this matchapresso is actually pretty straight-forward. All you need is matcha and espresso. Though I like the hot version, overtime, the iced version of this has grown on me. At Starbucks they sell this under matcha fusion or matcha presso. Unfortunately, it’s just not available on the delivery app so, you’d have to go to the place to drink it.

When I make it at home, the only difference that you see below is the amount of caffeine, the darker one is the one with triple shot espresso and the lightest is only using a single-shot espresso.

The reason why I don’t order it directly from the place is because they don’t taste the way I like it. That’s why, I would rather make it my own, know all the sugar that gets into my drink and it’ll taste just the way I like it. I don’t think it’s for anyone as it has a slightly bitter taste to it and is almost pill-like. But if you like something bitter, it’s probably for you.

Cold Brew With Caramel fom Esemu

If I showed you how to elevate americano a few weeks ago, this one would be the same. I found a cafe called Esemu and they sell selections of cold brew with different syrups from rose to caramel. They are quite fizzy so if you don’t like fizzy coffee, it certainly might not be for you.

I paired the drink with banana cake because today my mom and I were baking it. I also tried the Esemu hazelnut latte and they taste quite right.

In fact, I have to see the place and check it out because they have some decent selection of western menu and some mocktail and cold brew selections. My mom ordered chocolate hazelnut and she said it’s really good. It’s got her approval and that means the place is good. So, we’re planning to check out the place in the coming weeks. There are many new cafe in my hometown popping up and the old ones closing down. It’s sad to see my favorite places no longer operate but it seems like the new ones are pretty decent and it’s worth checking out. In one of these days, I’ll be back doing my cafe reviews again!

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