Characteristics of Americano, Long Black and Lungo differentiate American Coffee making process parameters

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The correct way to drink American coffee | what is the difference between black coffee Americano, Long Black and Lungo?

"American Coffee" (English: Americano, Italian: Caff è Americano) is black coffee made from a drip coffee pot. Because the extraction time is relatively long (about four or five minutes), the caffeine content is high. American coffee is easy to make, convenient and fast, free and casual. Compared with Italian coffee, American coffee mouth is more refreshing and can restore the original taste of coffee beans.

Italian concentrate with hot water-American coffee Americano:

American coffee, which can be found everywhere in convenience stores, is actually diluted by adding hot water to espresso. American coffee originated during World War II, when the US military who came to Italy was not used to Espresso, so they added a lot of hot water to dilute the taste, and then this way of drinking was called "American coffee". However, some Europeans do not agree with this practice, and the French even call American coffee "jus de chaussette", which means sock juice.

Taste characteristics:

The coffee extracted from American coffee tastes bitter and astringent, and the purity of such black coffee is the highest. If you want to taste the flavor of different kinds of coffee beans, American coffee is a good choice.

Production method:

With an American coffee machine, making American coffee is easier than you think: add 1 degree of water-pour in 1 flat spoonful of coffee powder-start-in about two minutes, a cup of fragrant American coffee will be made.

There are several ways to make American coffee:

Americano, Long Black & Lungo

Here you can introduce its other two brothers, Americano is to add hot water to the Espresso, while Long Black is just the opposite, adding Espresso to the hot water in different order, the taste is slightly different. It is well-known in Australia and New Zealand, and now it is becoming popular in London, England.

Where's Lungo? In particular, it is obtained by changing the scale of the grinder to increase the flow rate of the original extraction of espresso. In terms of capacity, Americano will carry more capacity than Long Black (250ml Vs 150) and Lungo will have the least capacity, about 60ml. Usually Lungo will grind a little bit to speed up the extraction and shorten the time. The coffee picked up by lungo is the most oily of the three.

[Ristretto] is the opposite of [lungo]. The Espresso is made with half the normal ratio of powder to water, but the only difference is the degree of grinding of the coffee powder.

Since coffee extraction is first strong and then light, the flavor of Ristretto is stronger than that of Espresso per unit time.

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With a dripping coffee machine, making American coffee is easier than you think: add 1 degree of water-pour in 1 flat spoonful of coffee powder-start-a cup of fragrant American coffee will be made in about two minutes.

The benefits of drinking American coffee:

The popularity of usually neutral coffee is basically the same between male and female guests.

This is not just because of the approachable taste of American coffee. As for pure coffee, its coffee concentration (which can also be simply understood as bitter for most consumers) is suitable for popular taste and retains the deep-roasted aroma and bitter taste of espresso, refreshing and comfortable. Big fish and meat later a cup of American style, can play a role in clearing the mouth.

On the other hand, it is also important because American coffee has a very high performance-to-price ratio. There is usually more American coffee, and the price is only slightly higher than that of espresso, or about the same price as cappuccino.

Qianjie American Americano practice:

The amount of single-head powder is 13-14 grams, the time is controlled within 25-30 seconds, and the amount of double-end powder is about 20 grams. The time control remains unchanged, and then mix with hot water until 9 minutes full.

Iced American coffee: put 5-6 ice cubes in the cup, add concentrated ice, and add ice water to 9 minutes full; in another way, the cup is filled with ice, add concentrated ice, and so on, the concentrated taste will fade and taste refreshing.