Café Medici brings to mind the wealthy banking Italian family from Florence that produced four Popes for the Catholic Church. Café Medici brings to mind the Renaissance as well as high level intrigue relating to this famous family. Surprisingly Café Medici did not originate in Florence or Italy for that matter. Café Medici was a creation of a well-known coffee house in Seattle. The Last Exit on Brooklyn was founded in 1967 and was part of the early coffee culture of Seattle. Basically Café Medici is a type of coffee house coffee. The drink is sufficiently popular that they will know how to make it in coffee houses across the country.
How Do You Make Café Medici?
The ingredients for a Café Medici are a double shot of expresso, also called a doppio (which is Italian), chocolate syrup, orange peel and whipped cream.
Use an espresso cup. Put orange peel and chocolate syrup in the bottom. Extract the espresso directly into the cup. Top with whipped cream and serve.
Our preference is to use healthy organic coffee for this brew. Where to find organic ingredients may be an issue for you. If so check the link.
A Great Name None-the-less
So, Café Medici has little or nothing to do with the House of Medici. But it is an interesting and compelling name for coffee. The Medici gave the Catholic Church these popes:
- Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
- Pope Clement VII (1523–1534)
- Pope Pius IV (1559–1565)
- Pope Leo XI (1605)
They also provided two queens of France, Catherine de’ Medici (1547–1559) and Marie de’ Medici (1600–1610). They were the Dukes of Florence and ruled Tuscany. They were wealthy bankers and for a time the wealthiest family in Europe. They were in the textile trade. It is not recorded that they were coffee drinkers although they lived during the time when Turkish coffee became popular around the Caribbean.
Why Organic Coffee, Milk and Orange Peel?
The point of going organic is to avoid impurities in your food and to help the environment as well. But what is the point of drinking organic coffee if you do not adopt an organic approach to the rest of what you eat and drink? Like organic coffee, other organic foods are certified by the United States Department of Agriculture, the USDA. If you are in doubt about where to find organic ingredients follow the links on this page. If you are in doubt about what constitutes an organic food or drink read the excerpt from the USDA web site. Check the organic ingredients article for a few sources of organic ingredients if you cannot find what you want at your local market. We will be adding to this list as we find out more about where to find organic ingredients for foods to go with the organic coffee antioxidants that make organic coffee so healthy.