Many people grew up hearing it being called an Expresso by their parents, friends, general community, etc. What a sad time it would be if “Expresso” actually became the norm. If anything, if it’s getting so popular that it’s ending up in dictionaries, this just makes us more determined to educate people on the correct term. It has come to our attention that Expresso is in a few online dictionaries, BUT words only end up in dictionary’s if a word is used enough, not because its a legitimate word. But -here’s the thing people, Latin is a dead language, so stop using it in your everyday life and keep it just to your edgy Instagram captions. Italian often takes the “ex” that can be found in Latin and turns it into “es” and therefore language evolution is a theory into why people often call it “Expresso”. The most important thing is to know why and to analyze the etymology of these. And the Italian language likely got the word from the Latin word, “Exprimere” which means the same. Indeed, you can write both espresso with an s and expresso with an x. English speakers get the word “Espresso” from the Italians using the word Espresso which means “pressed-out”, as in, the coffee is being pressed out from the coffee bean grinds. Latin is the base of many languages around the world.

It’s surprising how common it actually is to hear someone say ‘Expresso’ so we’ve done some very scientific research and created our own theories on how “Expresso” came to be a thing. If you are going to do that, just add, “por favor” at the end instead of “please”, so then it’s at least like you’re just speaking a little Portuguese (Expresso in Portuguese means ‘Express’). We have heard it before, you comedic genius. And please! Do not make the ‘classic’ joke “Can I have an Espresso expresso please?”. Asking for an Expresso will get you an eye twitch and a quiet, defeated sigh from your barista. It’s no different with coffee, and one of the first things you should learn is that its called an Espresso, not an Expresso. Just like when learning a new language, you tend to start with the basics such as “hello” and “goodbye”. When one enters the coffee world, they must learn an entirely new vocabulary, it can be difficult, and most pre-established coffee fans will forgive you for mixing up what a Ristretto and Doppio are, they might even forgive you for not knowing the difference between a Latte and a Cappuccino, one thing that they will not accept, however, is calling an Espresso an Expresso *ugh*.

Expresso vs espresso