Perhaps many readers still don’t know about lemon coffee. It does sound a little strange to some people, but for some people who have tried it, they will definitely recognize its deliciousness. In addition to its delicious taste, it turns out that this coffee also contains a lot of beneficial properties.
Therefore, in this article, we will dig deeper into lemon coffee. If you are curious what the benefits are, maybe you can listen to this article until the end. Let’s talk about it!
What is Lemon Coffee?
Unlike coffee dishes that are usually a combination of coffee with milk or syrup flavors of caramel, vanilla, and so on, lemon coffee is a coffee dish made from a mixture of espresso coffee with juice from lemons.
This coffee is currently a new trend to enjoy coffee with a different taste and sensation. Although lemon coffee has actually been around since the second world war, recently this dish has returned to viral among coffee lovers in Indonesia.
The Origin of Lemon Coffee
Although no one knows the exact origin of this coffee, lemon coffee originated in Europe. Some say that the first trend of this dish was during the second world war. At that time, there was a coffee shop in Italy that ran out of water to clean the glass. Therefore, the coffee shop employee cleaned the glass using lemon peel.
But it turns out that after the glass is cleaned with lemon peel, the lemon flavor on the glass still remains. The lemon flavor gives a different sensation when the glass is used to serve espresso. Then, the barista thought of creating a new recipe that combines espresso and lemon.
Apparently, many customers liked the recipe. From then on, this coffee dish became increasingly popular until now. People call this dish espresso romano.
Manufacturing Recipe
Making this coffee dish is actually very easy. In fact, we can make this dish ourselves at home because we can find the tools and ingredients in online and offline stores . Follow these steps to make a delicious lemon coffee.
Materials:
- 5-6 grams of ground coffee
- Coffee filter (coffeegrounds filter)
- 1 tbsp liquid palm sugar (adjust sweetness to taste)
- 50-80 ml hot mineral water
- Ice cubes to taste
- 1 lemon
After collecting all the ingredients, next we will go to how to make it. Here’s how:
How to make
- The first step is to brew 5-6 grams of ground coffee.
- Next, stir in 1 tbsp of liquid palm sugar.
- After that, filter the brewed coffee using a coffee filter and put it into a glass or container.
- Next, cut the lemon into pieces.
- After that, squeeze some of the lemon slices that have been previously prepared into the glass containing the coffee. Then, save some of the other lemon slices for garnish when serving.
- Next, add ice cubes to taste, according to your individual taste.
- After all the ingredients have entered the glass, stir all the ingredients until evenly distributed.
- The last step is to put the remaining lemon slices that have been prepared on the top of the glass to be used as decoration.
- Lemon coffee is ready to be served and enjoyed.
How? Isn’t it easy enough to make a glass of lemon coffee that certainly tastes unquestionable?
Benefits of Drinking Lemon Coffee
Of course, besides its delicious taste, this coffee also has a lot of benefits in it. The properties include:
Contains antioxidants that are good for the body
As we both know that coffee and lemon are fruits that are classified as having high antioxidants. Antioxidants themselves have good benefits for the human body. These benefits include preventing damage to human internal organs such as the heart, besides that it can also prevent cancer and alzheimer’s disease .
In addition, antioxidants are also very good for human skin health. It can make the skin regenerate optimally, so that it can make the skin look brighter than before.
Lose Weight
One of the things that makes this coffee viral again is its weight loss benefits. Therefore, many people who are on a diet program choose to consume this coffee.
Although there is no specific study that states if lemon coffee can lose weight, but there is an opinion that states coffee has a close relationship with weight loss. The lemon fruit, which has quite low calories, also makes this dish a low-calorie drink.
So, we can conclude that consuming lemon coffee is very safe for people who are on a diet program. This is because the incoming calories are better maintained than if we consume other coffee offerings that usually use a mixture of milk such as Sanger Coffee. The calorie content of milk is much higher than lemon fruit.
