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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Did you know the french invented the espresso? Scholars still debate if the name comes from 'exprès' (as in specially made for you) or 'express' (as in fast).

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[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Also, it is Espresso in every language except French, where it is called Expresso

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

You can use both, and I'd say we mostly say espresso.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

Expresso

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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

Espresso because you e-presso the fuck out of it.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I always thought it came from "being pressed through the coffee grounds"

[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

The story goes that coffee was found when a goat herders goats ate the berries, and got all excited.

A bit worried, the goat herder went to the local religious authorities and told his story. The sanction was severe, the devil lives in the berries, burn them all down to the ground!

So off they all went, torches in hand, but when they put fire to the coffee plants, it smelled so good that the clergy decided it couldn't be the devils work and retracted the condemnation, and thus coffee was discovered!