Café crème is actually the correct name for a large cup of coffee produced under pressure in a bean-to-cup coffee machine. A cup of coffee that has been prepared under pressure in a very controlled, fresh and individual way – á la minute, so to say. A “café exprès”, or individually prepared cup of coffee.

It is the second most frequently drunk coffee in Germany – just after filter coffee. However, the statistics for this beverage are usually wrong, because here too a distinction is made between “coffee from a fully automatic machine” and “crema coffee”.

Specialty from the bean-to-cup machine

Café crème can only be prepared in a bean-to-cup coffee machine (often wrongly called a “fully automatic coffee machine”) and is a coffee specialty. Correctly prepared using professionally roasted, high-quality coffee beans, café crème offers a unique variety of flavors. At the same time, it is also a versatile basis for a wide range of coffee beverages – ideal as the coffee component for a milky coffee or Mexican coffee (half coffee and half chocolate), for an Irish coffee, for shock cooling to prepare iced coffee, and for many other coffee specialties.

The attempt to make café crème with an espresso machine may not be a punishable offence, but it does make about as much sense as cooking pasta in a frying pan. They are simply different techniques and processes – just like nobody would try to make filter coffee in an espresso machine.

In Switzerland, café crème was traditionally drunk with a dash of liquid cream. The coffee beans themselves were usually composed of three roasting grades – light-, medium- and dark-roasted beans. This composition of differently roasted beans – often using the same type of green beans – creates café crème’s unique, multi-layered flavor profile and brings out the characteristics of the raw coffee in all its many facets.

Reason enough then, to take a more careful look at this high-quality and unique coffee beverage and to pay attention to its correct preparation and the correct settings of your bean-to-cup coffee machine – something which is sure to be reflected in your sales figures.

Show your coffee expertise!

Café crème gives you the opportunity to clearly demonstrate your coffee expertise and coffee quality – and thus to clearly position yourself on the market. As the basis for numerous coffee drinks, it also offers a unique spectrum of further refinement – in a field currently largely ignored by the hotel and catering trade.

High time then to discover and unlock this potential for your own business and to establish a clear competitive advantage and a true USP.

You can find out more about café crème, coffee preparation methods, and bean-to-cup coffee at our workshops (www.coffee-consulate.com). We look forward to welcoming you!