American coffee, which is different from Starbucks, talk about the flavor and taste characteristics of American black coffee.

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Speaking of American coffee, many people will naturally think of Starbucks when it first entered the Chinese market, it was set up in big cities, and the price could be said to be a relatively extravagant thing at that time. However, since coffee always gave people a sense of petty bourgeoisie in that era, many friends would like to go to Starbucks to experience the foreign coffee culture.

American coffee can be said to be a relatively cheap product in Starbucks, so many friends start their first cup of freshly ground coffee from Starbucks' American coffee. In fact, American coffee is a very common coffee drink, no matter what type of coffee shop it is, it must be seen.

Why is American coffee so popular?

1. Simple and convenient

American coffee is produced quickly, for office workers in a hurry, take whatever you want, simple and fast, very practical.

two。 High performance / price ratio and stable products

Most coffee shops make American coffee with medium-and deep-roasted coffee beans. Compared with individual coffee beans, blending coffee beans is made by baristas according to the characteristics of coffee beans in different producing areas, so that coffee beans can show a balanced and stable taste at increased extraction and high concentration.

At the same time, the price of blended coffee beans will be cheaper than that of individual coffee beans, so in the type of black coffee, American coffee will be much cheaper than hand-made coffee beans, cold extract and so on.

3. Low-calorie refreshing, fat-reducing and edema-reducing

American coffee = espresso + water, low in calories and no burden to drink. Drink a moderate amount of American coffee, in which caffeine has a refreshing effect. Caffeine can also slightly dilate renal vessels, increase glomerular blood flow and enhance renal excretion function, so drinking an appropriate amount of American coffee may have a certain diuretic and detumescent effect. Can also stimulate gastric acid secretion, promote intestinal peristalsis, can play a certain role in promoting digestion.

How do you make American coffee?

Qianjie Coffee mentioned above, American coffee is actually a product of espresso diluted with water. Due to the fact that American soldiers went to Italy during World War II, because they did not like to increase the rapid extraction of espresso, they added water to the espresso and adjusted it to its proper taste.

At that time, Italians called this kind of coffee Americano (American in Italian). But American soldiers don't mind being called that. Later, Starbucks introduced espresso machines to its stores, and American coffee was quickly recognized by the American people and made more consumers around the world aware of American coffee.

Starbucks American coffee uses Italian deep-roasted coffee beans. After very fine grinding, the machine pressurizes the hot water to quickly pass through the coffee powder layer. After extracting the coffee liquid with extremely high concentration, the corresponding hot water is diluted. Medium American coffee with 1 espresso, large American coffee with 2 espresso, and super American coffee with 3 American coffee.

American coffee bean recommendation

Other coffee shops also use unused coffee beans for espresso extraction and American coffee shop production, usually using medium-and deep-roasted coffee beans, or single (single producing area) coffee beans with unique flavor. American coffee made with blended beans usually tastes mellow, solid, low-sour and full-bodied, while American coffee made with single coffee beans usually has rich flavor, obvious sour taste and slightly thin taste.

Therefore, if you want to drink stable and mellow American coffee, Qianjie Coffee recommends using mixed coffee beans specially made for Italian coffee. Coffee beans as a concentrate, its own flavor can not be stable for a long time, and blending coffee beans can solve this problem very well. The coffee flavor characteristics of different coffee producing areas were used to achieve the effect of learning from each other in different proportions, and the coffee flavor was stable by balanced extraction.

The taste of American coffee depends on the flavor of the extracted coffee beans. Qianjie Coffee according to the taste of coffee consumers, launched four types of Italian coffee beans, you can choose to make Italian coffee beans according to your own taste needs.

"warm sun blended coffee beans" 79max 227g: Ethiopian sun red cherry coffee beans (30%) + Honduran sherry barrel coffee beans (70%), with strong wine aromas, sweet and sour vanilla cream, sweet and sour berries, and roasted nut flavor.

"boutique matching coffee beans" 75tick 454g: Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%), with the flavor of nuts, dark chocolate and caramel.

"Commercial blended coffee beans" 60max 454g: Robusta washed coffee beans (10%) + Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee (60%), with nutty, cocoa and caramel flavors.

"basic matching coffee beans" 50mp 454g: Yunnan washed small coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%), with soft fruit acid, caramel and nutty flavor.

In order to give everyone the most complete flavor of the coffee, all the coffee beans sold in Qianjie Coffee are sent out within five days after the roasting is finished. Espresso extraction has a better oil performance, coffee beans must be fresh roasted, to the production time in the very fine grinding and then timely extraction.

Steps for making American coffee

The performance of each coffee machine and bean grinder is different, whether the pressure or grinding scale will be different, so there is no accurate grinding scale and thickness parameter reference.

According to the SCA standards of the Fine Coffee Association, single-powder espresso uses 7-9 grams of double espresso: 14-18 grams of coffee powder extract 25-35 grams of coffee liquid in 20-30 seconds, extraction pressure is 9-10bar, water temperature is 90-96 ℃. Each coffee shop will adjust up and down according to the coffee beans and equipment used.

Qianjie Coffee shops produce American coffee, which will use "sunflowers with coffee beans". 40g coffee is usually extracted with 20g powder at the ratio of 1:2-9bar pressure for 25-30 seconds. However, the flavor of the coffee will be adjusted according to the actual extraction every day.

After determining the extraction of espresso, add an appropriate amount of hot water / ice water according to the taste of espresso. If it is produced by a coffee shop, it is necessary to develop a unified proportion to stabilize and ensure the quality of each cup of coffee.