sf wrote:
> James Silverton > wrote:
>
>> In case anyone wants to argue about expresso and espresso, the online
>> OED prefers espresso but acknowledges and quotes expresso even if the
>> Thunderbird online spelling checker flags expresso. I tend to favor the
>> Wikipedia entry, which says that both are loan words; espresso from
>> Italian and expresso from Spanish.
>
> I prefer the x spelling too, but have learned there are certain people
> here with nothing better to do than be the spelling police even though
> they are otherwise clueless.

I learned that when finely ground coffee is expressed (the method) you
get espresso (the product). Where the word espresso is an English word
recently adopted frm Italian so it still gets spelled as it was before
the adoption.

My iced coffee strategy - Brew it dark and as strong as possible.
Switch it to a cooling station immediately to keep the bitterness from
growing. Switch it to the refrigerator as soon as its temperature has
fallen to the point it does not warm up the other items in there. Serve
with ice which will reverse the intial push for stronger coffee.