The Coffee Bar in 3D

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Fifteen drinks, each cut open so you can see the layers, from Israeli café staples (kafe hafuch, botz, ice kafe) to the Italian classics. Pick a drink and watch it get made, one pour at a time. Drag to turn the cup.

Espresso אספרסו

Latte macchiato לאטה מקיאטו

Americano אמריקנו

Mocha מוקה

Kafe botz קפה בוץ

Turkish coffee קפה טורקי

Affogato אפוגטו

Ice kafe אייס קפה

Nes kafe נס קפה

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Espresso אספרסו

Hot water forced through finely ground coffee at 9 bar for about 25 seconds.

30 ml Demitasse cup Pareve

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Pull a single shot straight into the cup. The coffee comes out dark and full of gas.
2 The CO₂ in fresh coffee rises with the oils and settles on top as crema, the tan layer that tells you the beans were fresh.

In the cup

Espresso
Crema

Macchiato מקיאטו

Italian for "stained": an espresso marked with a spoonful of foam.

40 ml Demitasse cup Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Pull a shot of espresso.
2 Spoon a dollop of milk foam on top. That's all the milk there is.

In the cup

Espresso
Crema
A spoon of foam

Cortado קורטדו

Spanish for "cut": espresso cut with an equal amount of warm milk, barely any foam.

120 ml Gibraltar glass Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 A double shot into a small glass.
2 The same amount of warm milk, steamed with very little air so it doesn't foam up.

In the cup

Double espresso
Warm milk
Thin foam

Cappuccino קפוצ'ינו

The classic thirds: espresso, steamed milk, and a deep cap of foam. Named for the brown habits of the Capuchin friars.

160 ml Cappuccino cup Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Espresso first, in a wide cup.
2 Steamed milk, poured so the foam holds back in the jug.
3 Then the foam is let go: a thick cap, about a third of the cup, domed over the rim.

In the cup

Espresso
Steamed milk
Foam

Flat white פלאט וויט

From Australia and New Zealand: a strong double ristretto under velvety microfoam, flat on top.

160 ml Flat white cup Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 A double ristretto: a short, concentrated shot.
2 Milk steamed with tiny bubbles into a glossy microfoam, poured so it folds into the coffee. Only a thin flat layer of foam on top.

In the cup

Double ristretto
Microfoam milk
A few mm of foam

Caffè latte לאטה

Mostly milk: a shot of espresso, a tall glass of steamed milk, a thin layer of foam.

300 ml Latte glass Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Espresso into the glass.
2 Fill with steamed milk, a ratio of about 1 to 4.
3 Finish with a centimetre of foam.

In the cup

Espresso
Steamed milk
Foam

Kafe hafuch קפה הפוך

Israel's café coffee. Hafuch means "upside down": the milk goes in first and the espresso is poured through the foam, the reverse of the usual order.

250 ml Glass mug Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Steamed milk first, with plenty of foam, into the glass.
2 Now the espresso, poured through the foam. It's denser than the foam and lighter than the hot milk, so it sinks through the foam and hangs in a tan band above the milk.
3 Where it went through, it leaves a brown spot on the white foam: the sign of a proper hafuch.

In the cup

Steamed milk
Where the espresso lands
Foam
The brown spot

Latte macchiato לאטה מקיאטו

Hafuch's Italian cousin: milk "stained" by espresso. Done carefully the three layers stay separate.

300 ml Latte glass Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Hot milk and foam into a tall glass, and let it rest a moment.
2 Pour a shot slowly down the middle. Hot milk is denser than espresso, foam is lighter, so the coffee settles between them in its own band.

In the cup

Hot milk
Espresso
Foam

Americano אמריקנו

Espresso stretched with hot water, by legend for American soldiers in Italy who wanted something like drip coffee.

240 ml Mug Pareve

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 A shot of espresso, topped up with hot water to about 1 to 3. (Water first and the shot on top is a long black, which keeps more crema.)

In the cup

Espresso + hot water
What's left of the crema

Mocha מוקה

A latte with chocolate, crowned with whipped cream. Named after the port of Mocha in Yemen, where the coffee trade began.

280 ml Glass mug Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Chocolate sauce in the bottom.
2 Espresso on top of it, stirred in.
3 Steamed milk.
4 A swirl of whipped cream.

In the cup

Chocolate
Espresso
Steamed milk
Whipped cream

Kafe botz קפה בוץ

"Mud coffee", Israel's kibbutz and army coffee: finely ground coffee, often with cardamom (hel), with boiling water poured right over it. No machine, no filter.

180 ml Café glass Pareve

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Two teaspoons of finely ground coffee in a glass, with sugar and hel if you like.
2 Boiling water straight from the kettle. Stir, then wait a minute for the grounds to sink into mud at the bottom. Stop drinking before you reach it.

In the cup

Grounds (the mud)
Black coffee

Turkish coffee קפה טורקי

Ground to a powder and boiled with sugar in a finjan, then poured with its foam and grounds into a small cup.

60 ml Demitasse cup Pareve

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Coffee, cold water and sugar heated in a finjan until the foam rises, two or three times.
2 Poured with its foam into the cup.
3 The grounds settle to the bottom while you wait. Some read the future in them.

In the cup

Settled grounds
Coffee
Foam (kaimak)

Affogato אפוגטו

Italian for "drowned": a scoop of vanilla gelato with a hot shot poured over it.

1 scoop + 30 ml Small tumbler Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 A scoop of vanilla gelato in a small glass.
2 A hot shot of espresso poured over it. It pools at the bottom and starts to melt the ice cream.

In the cup

Espresso
Vanilla gelato

Ice kafe אייס קפה

In Israel, ice coffee is a slush: coffee, milk, sugar and ice blended thick, with a straw. Ask for kafe kar if you want coffee over ice cubes.

400 ml Tall glass Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 Coffee concentrate, milk, sugar and a lot of ice go into a slush machine or a blender.
2 Into a tall glass, whipped cream if you want it, and a wide straw.

In the cup

Blended coffee slush
Whipped cream (optional)
Straw

Nes kafe נס קפה

Instant coffee with milk, the coffee of Israeli homes and offices. The name is just short for Nescafé.

250 ml Mug Chalavi (dairy)

Bottom of the cup on the left, top on the right, by height.

How it's made

1 A spoon of instant coffee and sugar, often whipped with a drop of water into a pale paste first.
2 Hot milk (or water and milk) poured over it, which lifts the whipped paste into a froth.

In the cup

Instant coffee with hot milk
Froth

All fifteen, side by side

Each column is the drink at its real height in its usual cup. Click one to open it above.

Hafuch, latte macchiato, latte: what's the difference?

All three are espresso and a lot of milk. The difference is order. A latte puts the coffee in first and pours milk onto it, so it mixes. A latte macchiato and a hafuch put the milk in first and pour the espresso on top, which is why hafuch is "upside down". Espresso is lighter than hot milk and heavier than foam, so it stops in between in a band. A hafuch usually has more foam and a less tidy band, and the espresso leaves its brown spot on top.

And the halacha?

The bracha on all of these is shehakol, and the milk ones are chalavi. For the rest (coffee on Shabbat, bishul akum, coffee before davening, coffee in a café), see the living source sheet Coffee in Judaism →

Modelled in Blender with a script that lathes each cup and its layers from the same data this page reads. The ceramic cups are drawn with a quarter cut away; the glasses are whole.