{"id":10002766,"date":"2013-02-01T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/?p=10002766"},"modified":"2018-05-31T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T09:26:49","slug":"spherification-new-way-to-drink-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/spherification-new-way-to-drink-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Spherification. A new way to drink coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><span class=\"capoverso\" lang=\"en-GB\">A<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">t first sight, they look like pearls and caviar. You immediately get curious and want to discover its taste and consistency. The result is a real surprise for the palate: small pralines with gelatinous shell, but filled with coffee. It\u2019s the technique of spherification, which became famous through Ferran Adri\u00e0, inventor of molecular gastronomy, and afterwards used in alcoholic drinks. A process taking advantage of the reaction of liquids mixed with alginates immersed in calcium solutions to create small s<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">pheres that are solid outside and contain liquids inside. A technique that Giuseppe Porco, known as \u201cThe king of barmen\u201d and multi-awarded in national and international events, knows well and who transferred it successfully also to the world of coffee products. And the bar chef had the brilliant idea to spherify coffee in Messina, in Via Garibaldi, in the historical pastry shop Doddis. Spherification is a new way of drinking coffee, seen as an innovative and fascinating technique you can propose your customers not only as decoration on drinks and small pastries, but also as attraction moment to win your customers. Find out how Giuseppe Porco sp<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">herified Moak espresso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-22\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10002636 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3543.jpg 533w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3543-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3543-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3543-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-23\" lang=\"en-GB\">ingredients:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-4\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">for the mother liquid: 4 g powdered alginate; 250 g sugar syrup; 250 g water;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-4\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">250 g espresso;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-5\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">For the calcium solution: calcium powder\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">to be mixed with water (2,5 g for each \u00bd litre of water)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-23\" lang=\"en-GB\">accessories<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-6\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">syringes, corers or tea spoons, bowls, pierced spoon, glasses to blend, measuring cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-23\" lang=\"en-GB\">preparation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-6\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">prepare the mother liquid in a mixer; blend it in equal parts with coffee in a glass. Suck the preparation with a syringe and pour the needed quantity in the corer or tea spoon and immerse into the calcium bath. Wait for 4\/5 seconds and let the sphere slide into the liquid. Take the spheres with the pierced spoon and dunk them into the bowls full of still water. (it is recommended to use them within 2\/3 hours).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-23\" lang=\"en-GB\">Decoration examples<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-4\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Garnish small bowls of short crust pastry filled with cream with coffee spheres<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-4\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Lay milk and coffee spheres on cappuccino<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"testo-articoli ParaOverride-4\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Milk mousse with a cascade of coffee caviar on top of it o<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">r just enjoy them in a tea spoon during your coffeebreak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WvnCspzCj-w&amp;feature=player_detailpage\">Watch the video about spherification<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><strong><span class=\"CharOverride-22\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10002766 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3593-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3572-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"_idContainer727\" class=\"Cornice-di-testo-di-base\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"testo-articoli\"><span class=\"CharOverride-12\">Recommended song for the reading of the present article:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&amp;v=sTXuPydruvk\">Ball and biscuit &#8211; The White Stripes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first sight, they look like pearls and caviar. 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