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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, December 21, 1994 11 by Melanle Morrison Lifestyle Writer The room is filled with the aroma of freshly ground beans. From the corner comes the popping and surging surg-ing sound of steam being released from a machine. And behind the counter of her new shop, Doreen Harris is found smiling as she tells the next person the history of espresso, cappuccino or what a "lat-te" "lat-te" is. Harris speciality is espresso. Far more complicated than Mr. Coffee's morning ritual on the kitchen coun-tertop, coun-tertop, the brewing of espresso succeeds suc-ceeds with laboratory precision. Espresso machines send high-pressure steam through finely, dark-roasted dark-roasted coffee grounds. This yields a concentrated cup of java served in small doses or mixed with water, milk or chocolate in specialty drinks. The first question someone in Utah would ask is, "Can there be a market of espresso drinkers?" Harris' answer is a resounding, yes! According to Harris, the product used in her shop makes espresso less caffeinated than one regular coca-cola. They use a chemically-free process called Swiss Water decaffeinated decaf-feinated from Vancouver, British Columbia. Millions of adult Americans are much more conscious about health and fitness now than in years past Most are watching calories and cholesterol in their diets and, because be-cause of this, most are looking for chemical-free alternatives to food, beverage and the environment. In the Swiss Water process, the green unroasted beans are soaked in water to remove the caffeine and flavor components. Then the water is passed through carbon filters to remove the caffeine. This yields a "flavor-charged" water, saturated with flavor components but free of caffeine. This first batch of beans are discarded dis-carded because they only use it to create the water. Next, they soak their premium beans in the flavor-charged flavor-charged water and this water draws off the caffeine in the beans. The beans' original flavor stays in the bean, however. This is because the flavor components can't pass into (he flavor-charged water thai is already al-ready saturated with flavor components. compo-nents. The newly decaffeinated beans are then dried, polished and roasted. According to a Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Later dated, by Ada hu Marlon I UAPrlaAn Christmas entertainers perform at Center On Monday, Dec 12, the Hi-Lite, Hi-Lite, a gmwp of m$m from Uintah High School, under (he di-iwtirtu di-iwtirtu of H.cc4 It!, entertained during the lunch Hour. The folkm. i"f day, some prmhool ttuUm performed a vU on the Nnh of kwi, Their leather read the Mary of the bins and the thtUtt tc4 twt the &(cnt4 patu, Ixb xt drrrd to cojurors while 6y On fat, DnC 1$, name matt g Mtk, fafti CU, Aifrru 0t Merrv hQ) . - conee contains 110 to ISO milligrams mil-ligrams of caffeine depending on such factors as how strong the coffee cof-fee is made and the process to make it (percolated coffee tends to have somewhat less). But when 100 cups of coffee and espresso were sent to a laboratory for analysis, the espresso espres-so only registered around 80 milligrams mil-ligrams of caffeine. Espresso is not for everyone, Harris says. Taken straight, espresso is decidedly an acquired taste short, intense, bitter and to many people, jarring. However, when served in a small cup called a demitasse with a chocolate-mint square, the taste is mellowed. When steamed milk is added to espresso and topped with a cup of foamed milk, cappuccino is made. Take a shot of espresso, add a little chocolate syrup, filled with steamed milk and top with whipped cream, and a caffe mocha is born. When the steam jet of an espresso maker is submerged into a steel pitcher filled two-thirds with cold milk, the steam heats the milk. If the jet is deeply submerged, the milk is steamed. If the jet is just under un-der the surface, the milk is foamed. A caffe latte has more steamed milk than a cappuccino with a shot of espresso. In Italy and France, caffe latte is often a morning drink to be taken at breakfast with a roll or croissant. La ties, however, are the same as a caffe latte and come in a variety of flavors. Harris uses only natural flavored fla-vored syrups, including Irish cream, raspberry, vanilla, hazelnut and caramel. Harris became interested in opening open-ing an espresso bar following a trip a year ago with her mother to Europe. They visited England, Portugal and the north end of Africa. It was during her trip that she found hundreds of coffee bars and she decided to bring a little continental con-tinental flavor back to Vernal. Harris hopes to add a line of tea in her new shop but will only do so when she teams the etiquette of serving tea. She wants to cater to the local people but also hopes thai outside visitors to the area will feci more at home in Vernal "After all," she says, "wc only want to have fun and present a little piece of the rest of the world to the people of the Uintah Basin." News Murray lonf prticMed their talents. In addition. ad-dition. Long played the accordion. The Otfirtma dance will be fatty. Dec 23 and M will he pot luck. The New Year's dance will he Saturday, Dec Jl. The Gotim Afe Center Ul he tkwrd, Monday, Dec 26, for the Omumai holiday, MotUc Stodton was the inner at b&pi m Tuesday, Doc. 13, with four fart, Mae Sr-t and Ay the are home (otlcming Mfrty Though Jot the day ")Ui I tty Mmy Cbffetmai rlSiTTV July, 1994, a five ounce cup of drip May vi WZ3r be fnd Id CKCt faring pTftniym Doreen Harris "pulls" an espresso from an Italian-made espresso machine. Espresso machines send high-pressure steam through Espresso is served in a small cup called a demitasse with a mint-chocolate. mint-chocolate. The chocolate Is dipped and melted In the brew, softening soften-ing the espresso flavor. Marrbgrs William John Gilbert and Tangcla Orton, both of Grand Junction, Colo., Dec. 14. Mark Eugene Blair and Madctcne Mane Stout, both of Vernal, Dec. IS. Jcffcry Mtthacl kkett and Grckhcn Raah, both tif Vernal, Dec IS. Rodney J. White and Tcrtie U Shirk, both of Vernal, Dec 16. Jerrad Taul N fountain and Shecna Marie Bftmfl, both of R. Due he me, Dec 19. Free Christmas concert to be Thursday The music MwVtttt 4 Ori Tr Oiiatl teitl rr txm rf Chrvtmwi iWwlajr, DC 22, M ? p at St tal' tfi Mr, O'im'i hi tthr&i trfrtt tra4oicvJ Chrtama tmvt iJ TJ CaMfH, DiiPN Mf:fa Chirt. nf ftatfi Hbs, Mi Jwt ' Custom Machine guilting .'V1 t 1 V : I 3 V-H Neborni A son was bom to Mike and S Herri Niclson on Dec 6. He weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. and U named Colton James. A daughter was bom to Doug and Andi iUrdman on Dec S. She weighed 8 lbs. A daughter was bom to Brad and Dabra Andrmn on Dec 9. She weighed 6 lbs. 14 oju and is named KimhediJaL A non was bom to Jtvm and Lillyan May McCortnkk on Dec II. lie weighed 7 lb. J , A daugHtef was born to Kevin and I Miry Or on Dec 13. She weighed 7 lbs. I2w. A tinn and a daughter a bom fc) Margin Soinmon, Jr. and Uahc Taft on Dec 13. They wtighed 6 IK. 7 m. and 4 ths, 12 m. and ate named D tan and Cauidy, ... mi w f jT i finely ground, dark-roasted ground coffee. Espresso is a charged coffee that is sometime called bitter and jarring. Home ond School; Vital Links By LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association Sharing hobbies My husband has an annoying habit of dragging all of us out on the front porch to sec his stars. He's gotten very possessive of his constellations. con-stellations. He likes to show them off if they're cooperatively bright, which usually occurs on evenings when temperatures fall in the single digits. dig-its. My boys are not avid star-gazers yet, but in the process of humoring Dad, they've managed to accidentally acciden-tally pick up a few bits of constellation constella-tion trivia. They know a lade Greek mythology mythol-ogy now. They know uhat a light-year light-year is. They can find the North Sur and Orion's belt Think how much our children learn from our inicmu and hobbies, hob-bies, rarcnts uho camp and hunt hac a thousand opportunities to teach children about the natural world, survival techniques and 7 r i Uko tho wiso men of old Got your somoono special Gold! f Kaiiii from vtvi 111 Cold t mt A il II III I highly- emergency first aid. Those who love carpentry or sewing can teach the importance of accurate measurements and careful planning. Even sitting with your kids through a ball game can teach strategy, forecasting skills and the importance of positive support for the team. Parenting and teaching do not (and in fact should not) have to be tense, dreary chores for us. And even when our children do not embrace em-brace the experiences wc seek to share, there is sull value in the sharing. shar-ing. There is value in setting the cum-pic cum-pic that sometimes work and study is sclf impovrd. Ju4 for fun. 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