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.
为了帮助太空站里的浓缩咖啡爱好者们,位于都灵的著名咖啡生产商乐维萨(Lavazza)和专门生产太空食品的工程公司亚果科技(Argotec)联合打造了一款可以在彻底失重状态下工作的咖啡机。
近日,一名宇航员带着这台叫作ISSpresso的咖啡机一起发射升空,进入轨道,她要对咖啡机进行测试。
亚果公司总裁戴维•阿维诺说:“如果一切顺利的话,这台咖啡机很有可能被留在国际空间站,供所有来空间站轮值的宇航员们使用。”
【注解】
文中的espresso就是“浓缩咖啡”的意思,亦称为“意式浓缩咖啡”,是一种口感强烈的咖啡类型,该词来源于意大利语,主要分类有:Macchiato espresso(玛奇朵),Double espresso(双份浓缩咖啡),Con Panna espresso(康宝兰),Single espresso(浓缩咖啡)
第一段中的specialize in是动词短语,意为“专攻,以……为专业”,如: We specialize in the export of Chinese arts and crafts.(我们专营中国工艺品出口。)