Do you know how many kinds of American coffee there are? The difference between Americano and Long Black?

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What is American coffee? I believe we are no strangers at all. Espresso plus water dilution, looking at the mediocre coffee, harvested the hearts of coffee people for centuries. With the development of the times, American coffee has developed different practices in different countries. For example, Lungo and Long back are actually very close to American coffee, but the difference is the way espresso is made. In front of the street, this article will talk about what is American coffee, what is Lungo coffee, what is Long back coffee.

What is American coffee?

When making American coffee, Qianjie uses sunny coffee beans fermented from sun-tanned Yega Shirley and Honduran sherry barrels as the base of espresso. Qianjie uses the parameters of 20 grams of coffee powder and 40 grams of coffee liquid for 28 to 29 seconds to make double espresso. This espresso with mixed coffee beans has a soft acidity and chocolate finish.

Because of the special flavor of espresso and relatively fresh taste, Qianjie will dilute the double espresso with 160g hot water / ice water at 1:4 when making American coffee, so that American coffee can better highlight the warm sun wine and cocoa finish, while also losing mellow thickness.

What is Long back coffee (Australian black coffee)?

Long Black originated in Australia, Australians like strong coffee, American coffee can not meet their needs, and espresso in Australia will also be called Short Black, so Long Black is slightly diluted espresso, while the concentration decreases while maintaining the thickness of fat and alcohol. The cup of Long Black will be less than American coffee, about 150ml. Pour water first and then espresso, which will retain the grease. Because the amount of diluted water is less than American coffee, it will taste better and stronger.

The front street is making Long back coffee so that it is also made with a double espresso at the rate of 1:3. First prepare 120g of hot water and pour the extracted double espresso into the hot water.

What's the difference between American coffee and Long back coffee?

The biggest difference between American coffee and Long bacl coffee is the order in which water is diluted. American coffee appeared to dilute espresso without paying attention to other tastes, so it poured water directly into espresso to wash away the oil. The emergence of Long back coffee is to dilute the espresso while retaining the oil of the espresso, making the taste more mellow, so first add water into the espresso, let the espresso oil float on the surface of the coffee.

What is Lungo coffee?

Lungo means "long, expand" in Italian. The principle is to prolong the extraction time on the basis of the normal extraction of espresso to achieve more coffee liquid. We know that in the extraction of espresso, the front part is usually more rich, and the more the back comes out, the lighter the coffee liquid. Then Lungo coffee in the same amount of powder, the amount of extraction will be more than espresso, and the concentration will be lower than espresso.

There is no accurate data on the production of Lungo (the Espresso parameters of each cafe are slightly different), and in foreign countries, there is no clear definition of Lungo, it just represents a synonym for extended extraction of espresso, and the views of each cafe are also different as to how much. When making Lungo coffee in the front street, you will use 20 grams of coffee powder, for example, twice as long as espresso in 56-60 seconds to extract 100g of coffee liquid (ratio 1:5).

The lungo produced in this way is equivalent to diluting the espresso for a long time during the extraction of espresso. Because of the prolonged extraction time, all the flavor molecules in the coffee begin to extract the taste of the remaining coffee woody fiber, so the taste will be full of bitterness and have obvious wine flavor, but other flavors are lacking.

The difference between Lungo coffee and American / Long back coffee

Lungo coffee looks similar to American coffee and Long back coffee. The former street asked also mentioned that the basic difference between American coffee and Australian black coffee lies in the amount of water and the order before and after adding water. Long back coffee is more full-bodied in taste. Both Long Black Coffee and Lungo Coffee are covered with rich oils, but because Australian Black Coffee pours espresso on top of water, it seems that the grease is dissipated, while Lungo Coffee is equivalent to the concentration of espresso that is directly diluted while extracting coffee, so the retention on the oil will be more complete.

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