Sunday, October 11, 2009

Espresso Lesson

Today we woke up ready to start our Funday Sunday.  It's actually full of errands to run, but they include retail locations, so I'm down!

I started by making my husband some eggs, because I'm nice like that:

This is my version of healthy man food:
  • 2 organic eggs
  • chicken sausage
  • peppers
  • salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne pepper
  • avocado and tabasco
I served it up all fancy for him:

Of course this was all a ploy to get him to give me an espresso lesson.  I am worse than a man when it comes to reading directions and there was no way I was going to learn to use that beauty myself.  So here is my latte lesson:

First you have to wash the cup because somebody didn't do it yesterday:


Next you scoop out some espresso grounds.  We used the Whole Foods brand:




Make sure to pack a tight, leveled amount of espresso grounds into the filter- pressure is really important in the process:


Next you pour some milk- Trader Joe's Organic Fat Free is our joint:


Then you steam the milk:



Brew the espresso, and enjoy!



We enjoyed our latte and now we are off!  Hope you are having a great Sunday!

3 comments:

Mari said...

I want an Espresso Machine =)

Jolene - EverydayFoodie said...

Thanks for the lesson - I totally want to buy the espresso machine that they have on really cheap at Costco ... and this just increased my temptation!

The breakfast you made looks excellent!

Gina; The Candid RD said...

I want a cup, please! My mom had an espresso machine when I was growing up and I became a PRO at making lattes and caps. My favorite part was making the frothy milk!