To help espresso lovers in orbit, the famed Turin-based coffee maker Lavazza and engineering firm Argotec, which specializes in making space food, joined forces to produce a coffee machine that would work at zero gravity.
One astronaut recently took the machine, called ISSpresso, with her for testing when she blasted off into orbit.
"If everything goes well, the machine will be kept at the International Space Station and be available for all the astronauts rotating on the station," said David Avino, Argotec's managing director.
為了幫助太空站里的濃縮咖啡愛好者們,位于都靈的著名咖啡生產商樂維薩(Lavazza)和專門生產太空食品的工程公司亞果科技(Argotec)聯合打造了一款可以在徹底失重狀態下工作的咖啡機。
近日,一名宇航員帶著這臺叫作ISSpresso的咖啡機一起發射升空,進入軌道,她要對咖啡機進行測試。
亞果公司總裁戴維•阿維諾說:“如果一切順利的話,這臺咖啡機很有可能被留在國際空間站,供所有來空間站輪值的宇航員們使用。”
【注解】
文中的espresso就是“濃縮咖啡”的意思,亦稱為“意式濃縮咖啡”,是一種口感強烈的咖啡類型,該詞來源于意大利語,主要分類有:Macchiato espresso(瑪奇朵),Double espresso(雙份濃縮咖啡),Con Panna espresso(康寶蘭),Single espresso(濃縮咖啡)
第一段中的specialize in是動詞短語,意為“專攻,以……為專業”,如: We specialize in the export of Chinese arts and crafts.(我們專營中國工藝品出口。)
One astronaut recently took the machine, called ISSpresso, with her for testing when she blasted off into orbit.
"If everything goes well, the machine will be kept at the International Space Station and be available for all the astronauts rotating on the station," said David Avino, Argotec's managing director.
為了幫助太空站里的濃縮咖啡愛好者們,位于都靈的著名咖啡生產商樂維薩(Lavazza)和專門生產太空食品的工程公司亞果科技(Argotec)聯合打造了一款可以在徹底失重狀態下工作的咖啡機。
近日,一名宇航員帶著這臺叫作ISSpresso的咖啡機一起發射升空,進入軌道,她要對咖啡機進行測試。
亞果公司總裁戴維•阿維諾說:“如果一切順利的話,這臺咖啡機很有可能被留在國際空間站,供所有來空間站輪值的宇航員們使用。”
【注解】
文中的espresso就是“濃縮咖啡”的意思,亦稱為“意式濃縮咖啡”,是一種口感強烈的咖啡類型,該詞來源于意大利語,主要分類有:Macchiato espresso(瑪奇朵),Double espresso(雙份濃縮咖啡),Con Panna espresso(康寶蘭),Single espresso(濃縮咖啡)
第一段中的specialize in是動詞短語,意為“專攻,以……為專業”,如: We specialize in the export of Chinese arts and crafts.(我們專營中國工藝品出口。)