''Marocchino'' is a
coffee
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...
drink created in
Alessandria
Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...
, Italy.
Preparation
Generally, the glass cup is first dusted with
cocoa powder
Dry cocoa solids are the components of cocoa beans remaining after cocoa butter, the fatty component of the bean, is extracted from chocolate liquor, roasted cocoa beans that have been ground into a liquid state. Cocoa butter is 46% to 57% of the ...
, then topped with milk froth and
espresso
Espresso (, ) is a concentrated form of coffee produced by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee beans. Originating in Italy, espresso has become one of the most popular coffee-brewing methods worldwide. It is cha ...
, with a second dusting of cocoa on top.
Serving style
It is served in a small glass and consists of a shot of espresso (sometimes a small shot, or
ristretto), cocoa powder and milk froth. In some regions of northern Italy, thick hot cocoa is added. In
Alba, Piedmont
Alba (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is one of the main cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. The town is famous for its white t ...
, the home of the Italian chocolate giant
Ferrero,
Nutella
Nutella ( , , ; stylized in all lowercase) is a brand of brown, sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.
History
Pietro ...
is used. The name ''marocchino'' (Italian for '
Moroccan') is derived from its colour, as ''marocchino'' was a type of light brown leather (see
Morocco leather
Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey, or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color. It has been widely ...
) used in the 1930s to make hair bands.
See also
*
List of coffee drinks
Coffee drinks are made by brewing water with ground coffee beans. The brewing is either done slowly, by Coffee filter, drip, filter, French press, moka pot or Coffee percolator, percolator, or done very quickly, under pressure, by an espresso m ...
* ''
Espressino'' and ''
bicerin'' – similar drinks
References
Coffee in Italy
Coffee drinks
Chocolate drinks
Espresso
Alessandria
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