What is iced American coffee and how do you make it at home? Is iced American coffee the same as black coffee?

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American coffee is made by diluting espresso with ice / hot water. Generally speaking, the purpose of people who order iced American coffee is to drink drinks without the burden of calories, or because iced American coffee has a high price ratio, so it has become a necessary "tool" for many people.

The Origin of American Coffee

There is a widely circulated but unconfirmed rumor about the origin of American coffee: it was invented by Italian baristas for American soldiers during World War II. Soldiers found that standard espresso was too bitter and strong for their taste because they were used to drinking filtered or "drip" coffee at home.

In order to provide them with coffee that is more to their taste, baristas provide them with espresso diluted with hot water. In today's United States, ordering "black coffee" results in a cup of black-filtered coffee, while restaurants and coffee shops in places such as the UK are more likely to interpret it as American coffee.

The practice of American coffee

In fact, there is no clear proportion of American coffee to add how much water to espresso. Some people claim that the 1:2 espresso-to-water ratio is "standard" American coffee, while others prefer "shorter" American coffee with a 1:1 ratio. In fact, coffee shops may use a ratio of up to 1:15, depending on the concentration of espresso and the taste of the customer.

Qianjie Coffee produces American coffee on a daily basis, using home-baked coffee, a "sunflower warm Italian blend of sunflower coffee beans" made of Yega Sheffield sun-cured coffee beans with Honduran sherry coffee beans, with medium and deep roasting.

For the extraction of espresso, Qianjie Coffee uses 20g ultra-fine ground coffee powder, injects 94 degrees hot water under the pressure of coffee machine 10bar, and quickly extracts 40g coffee liquid. The total extraction time is 27-32 seconds. After the extraction of espresso is finished, add the hot water / ice water mixture at 1:6.

If you don't have an espresso machine at home, you can buy instant espresso / espresso freeze-dried online, and then mix in the right amount of water according to your taste.