Cold knowledge | American coffee is not sold in the United States and lattes are not sold in Italy.

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For domestic, American coffee (Americano) and Latte (latte) is one of the most common choices, but most people do not know that these two kinds of coffee represent the United States, a big country in coffee market, which is different from Italy, a big country in coffee culture.

American coffee is not sold in the United States

American coffee is not sold in America. When espresso, distilled from high pressure steam concentrate, was not popular in the United States, the most common way for Americans to make coffee was dripping coffee. The coffee machine that we often see in American movies and dripping coffee in small restaurants is the coffee of the American population.

Americans live in a hurry, perhaps because of this, the United States has developed a fast food culture; at the same time, convenient dripping coffee also dominates American life. If you don't change the coffee powder regularly, the taste of this coffee will be very weak, which may be why people now call American coffee that uses a lot of water to mix an espresso.

However, drip filter coffee is still different from American coffee mixed with water. Espresso actually contains less caffeine because of its rapid distillation of the concentrated liquid. If mixed with a lot of water, the caffeine content of drip filter coffee will be less than that of drip coffee ─, which is the coffee ─ that Americans are used to drinking. So, unlike what you might think, espresso has a particularly high concentration of caffeine.

Lattes are not sold in Italy

The espresso machine is believed to have been invented by the Italians in the 19th century, but its popularity probably began in the 1950s and spread around the world after the rise of Starbucks. In addition, Italian communities around the world have also helped spread espresso coffee. It is worth mentioning that although the espresso machine may be an Italian invention, some Italians think that the coffee brewed with the espresso machine is unorthodox.

Italian coffee culture is not as casual as Starbucks might think; in fact, most Italians order a latte or American coffee to drink in a coffee shop only after breakfast. Italians drink coffee from an early age and are used to the concentration, bitterness and sour of the coffee concentrate. They often order an espresso in the coffee shop and drink it quickly. Italians believe that the concentrate will lose its best flavor in just a few seconds, so drink it quickly. Of course, many Italians will add sugar, casserole and so on to reconcile the bitter taste, which is more difficult for Chinese people to imagine.

For Italians, a latte with a lot of milk is not coffee, it's more like a drink. In addition, the original meaning of the word Latte is "milk", so in Italy the Latte waiter will bring a cup of milk instead of a latte. To say Coffee Latte. A smooth latte or cappuccino is a common choice for countries outside Italy, but for Italians who drink more than five servings of espresso a day, coffee often means espresso.