20/10/2020
The Shotgun - Cappuccino(on our menu).
Before there was a cappuccino as we know it today, there were variants of coffee that in time became this distinct type as we know it today. At first, coffee was prepared by boiling the mixture of coffee and water together with sometimes added sugar. In the 2nd half of the 17th century, British began to filter and steep coffee and that fashion spread to France and the other parts of Europe. Adding milk to coffee was known in Europe in the 17th century. Cappuccino comes from the coffee beverage "Kapuziner" which appeared for the first time in the Viennese coffee houses in the 1700s. It was made as coffee with whipped cream and sugar. This type of coffee, when it was made in other places, outside of Vienna was referred to as “Viennese Coffee” or “Café Viennois”. Its name as well cappuccino comes from the Capuchin friars, referring to the color of their attire. Cappuccino, as is written today, appeared for the first time in northern Italy in the 1930s. At first it was made in “viennese" style - with a whipped cream. The steamed milk variant appeared later. The real espresso machines became widespread only during the 1950s and people started making cappuccino with espresso instead with standard coffee. In this form, cappuccino is known around the world from that moment on.