Which tastes better, espresso or American coffee? What is the relationship and difference between American black coffee and Italian coffee?

Front street barista: "hello!" What kind of coffee would you like today? Do you want espresso or hand coffee? "

Guest "I'd like some espresso." I'd like to know the difference between espresso and American coffee. "

I believe that when friends go to the coffee shop, they can see the barista grind the coffee beans into a bowl with a handle, then click on the coffee machine and start to extract. It's the same machine. It's also black coffee. Why distinguish espresso from American coffee? This starts with the emergence of espresso.

What is espresso?

Espresso first appeared in the industrial age of Italy. As the coffee takes a long time to brew, busy people urgently need to refresh themselves by drinking a cup of coffee with high concentration and high caffeine during a short break. As a result, cafes began to use manual pressurization to allow a small amount of water to quickly extract extremely high concentrations of coffee liquid through the coffee powder layer. In this way, a cup of coffee liquid with about 30ml is produced. In addition, people did not pursue the quality of coffee beans at that time, and many coffee beans had a strong flavor and high caffeine content. After drinking two or three mouthfuls, we could take a rest and continue to work.

Today, espresso is no longer simply used for pick-me-up. With the popularity of boutique coffee beans, people begin to pay attention to the flavor of coffee. Even espresso should be strong but not bitter, bitter but not scorched. It can stimulate the taste buds without bringing unpleasant feelings to the mouth.

The former street coffee produced espresso as an example, the front street used Ethiopian sun-tanned cherries mixed with Honduras sherry barrel warm sun Italian comprehensive coffee beans, through the 9bar pressure and 92 degrees Celsius water temperature through 20g coffee powder extract 40g espresso, extraction time is 25-30 seconds ~ the flavor of Italian espresso extracted is as follows: whisky aroma, strawberry sour and sweet The smoothness of vanilla cream and the aftertaste of hazelnut chocolate ~ but if you taste espresso directly at the beginning, you will be discouraged by a strong feeling, and some unaccustomed friends will add water to it to dilute it. and this coffee is what we are familiar with as "American coffee".

What is American coffee?

American coffee is called American coffee because when American soldiers went to Italy, it was difficult to swallow the local espresso, so they asked for water to pour the espresso. Later, it was found that the coffee produced by this method can be as mellow and full-bodied as brewing coffee, and the production time is also reduced a lot. When the soldiers returned to the United States, they also brought back the machine and technology for extracting coffee. At the same time, after naming this espresso mixed with water as "American Coffee", people more and more like this kind of fast-made black coffee. Thus it became the American National Coffee.

Again, as the old saying goes, with the promotion of boutique coffee, the flavor of espresso is better, and American coffee will follow. People hope that American coffee can also have a taste level. so there is a clear reference ratio for the amount of water in espresso ~ the water ratio of traditional American coffee is 1:8. This is mostly espresso extracted from Italian mixed coffee beans, but if it is espresso with fresh / clear taste, you need to adjust the proportion by yourself.

For example, the warm Yang Italian mixed beans of former street coffee will be diluted with a ratio of 1:4 to 1:5 in order to better express the aroma and soft acidity of the wine. There will also be a slight adjustment in the extraction, because if you directly use 20g extract 40ml coffee solution within 25-30 seconds, it may highlight an unpleasant flavor when diluted with clean water. Therefore, in the front street, in order to avoid the bitterness of American coffee, espresso made of American coffee will extract less tail, that is, 20g powder extract 35g coffee is also mixed with 1Suzhou 4.5 water, so the flavor of American coffee is as follows: wine, berry acidity, vanilla hazelnut chocolate aftertaste.

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