What's the difference between long black and American coffee? How do you make Long Black coffee? What's the flavor of growing black?

In the past, coffee shop menus only had simple black coffee and milk coffee, which was probably the difference between American style, latte and handmade coffee. With the "inner roll" of the coffee industry, all kinds of unpopular Italian coffee drinks have been introduced to the fixed menu, such as the long black coffee that will be talked about in front of the street today.

What is long black coffee?

It is rumored that American coffee was invented to satisfy the tastes of American soldiers stationed abroad during World War II. Americans cannot drink the bitter espresso directly as the Italians do, so they dilute it with water until the concentration reaches an acceptable range. This kind of "watery" black coffee is not a favorite of Australians. Australians prefer to pursue strong coffee flavor and concentrated fat. Baristas also begin to adjust to the direction of "espresso", gradually giving rise to two Australian coffee drinks, Long Black and Flat White.

Long Black (long Black Coffee) has a stronger coffee flavor and smaller cups than American coffee. The usual practice for long black coffee is to extract two espresso (40g) into a cup containing 100-120ml water, leaving the liquid rich in Crema. The Long Black made in this way can drink strong coffee flavor and directly feel the taste of coffee oil.

What's the difference between long black coffee and American style?

In order to distinguish Long Black from American style, many people think that American style is to put espresso first and then pour water, while Long Black pours water first and then adds coffee in order to retain the fat. However, nowadays, most baristas do not worry about the process of adding water or coffee first. in order to improve the efficiency of production, many stores fill water first and then pour coffee, so it is not meaningful to emphasize this difference.

The most obvious difference between American coffee and long black coffee is the amount of water added. American coffee is usually mixed with more water, and the ratio of coffee to water is usually between 1:5 and 1:8. This is because Americans are used to drinking drip-filter coffee, the concentration is very low, just a little coffee flavor. But Australians pursue a stronger coffee flavor, use smaller cups, have less water, and naturally have a higher concentration.

The coffee flavor depends on the Italian coffee beans used. For example, the American coffee produced by the Qianjie store uses sunflowers baked in the front street to mix the coffee beans, which should ideally have the flavor of wine, vanilla, cream, chocolate and berries. In order to highlight these aromas, Qianjie finally determined the proportion of 1:3 after many comparisons, prepared a cup of hot water containing 100-120ml, and poured 40 grams of extracted coffee liquid onto the surface.

Do you have ice in Long Black?

Friends who often drink American coffee should know that there are two choices: iced American coffee and hot American coffee, of which iced American coffee is often the first choice because of its affordable price, freshness and delicacy. So does Long Black have ice drinks?

Just like Flat White, Long Black does not have ice drinks, and if you want to taste black coffee with a chilled taste, Qianjie recommends all-iced American coffee. That is, no water on the basis of iced American coffee. Without the participation of water, the espresso liquid is drenched directly in the ice, shaking gently so that the warm concentration slowly melts the ice, thus diluting the heavy concentration. When tasting, you can also feel the aroma and rich taste of the oil.

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