The origin, flavor and taste of American black coffee recommend Italian coffee beans with high performance-to-price ratio and good quality.

As a well-known black coffee, American coffee is the "spiritual food" for busy office workers in any country. At the same time, many friends will wonder why so many people drink such bitter coffee. Let's talk about the charm of American coffee in front of this article.

American coffee actually refers to black coffee with low concentration in the United States.

It is rumored that American coffee was so strong that American soldiers couldn't stand the strength of espresso in Italy during World War II, so it was diluted with water to suit their taste. Drinking coffee in the United States is supposed to be enjoyed slowly, while Italians at that time drank coffee to refresh themselves with caffeine quickly, and then went back to work. When American soldiers added water to espresso, they found Italian disdain and named the cup "Americano Yankee Coffee".

Although Americans are rich in food, coffee likes to be light. For example, sweet cakes with light coffee, salty ham with light coffee, whether it is breakfast or lunch, everyone will be accompanied by a cup of coffee. Before the introduction of espresso extraction technology to the United States, Americans used to directly mix the ground coffee powder with water, and then use a filtering tool to get a cup of clean coffee liquid. Later, after the introduction of espresso, a cup of espresso was made in a short time and mixed with water, which has become a favorite of busy office workers. Then came the coffee drip filter, so you can easily get a light cup of black coffee at home.

Then why is American coffee so popular in other countries?

As a cheap and quick cup of black coffee, American coffee is popular not only because of caffeine, but also because of fat reduction (of course, you can't rely solely on black coffee! Is to match the exercise) anti-greasy effect. So whether it's morning or noon, drinking a cup of American coffee can always make people feel better.

How do you make American black coffee?

Authentic American coffee uses a double espresso extracted from espresso and diluted with 1:4-1:8 hot water / ice water according to your taste. Qianjie recommends that the parameter of double espresso is 20g coffee powder to extract 40g coffee liquid, then add hot water of 85 degrees Celsius (not too high temperature, overheated hot water will increase the bitterness of coffee) or ice water mixture.

How do you drink American black coffee?

After we get the hot American coffee, we can wait for the coffee temperature to drop to about 60 degrees Celsius, which is the most obvious time to experience the thickness of caffeine. If you feel bitter when drinking, you can add milk or sugar properly, but adding these will not achieve the effect of reducing fat and relieving greasy.

Recommendation of coffee beans suitable for American coffee

Qianjie recommends making American coffee with Italian coffee beans, which can stabilize the flavor performance of American coffee more effectively.

For example, "Fine blend of Front Street Coffee beans", made from Colombian and Brazilian Arabica coffee beans, has the flavor of nuts, cocoa, berries and caramel.

The commercial blending of coffee beans in front street is made of Colombian and Brazilian Arabica coffee beans mixed with a small amount of Vietnamese Robesda coffee beans, with the flavor of nut, cocoa, caramel and rich coffee fat.

"the basic blending of Qianjie Coffee beans" is made from Brazilian and Yunnan Arabica coffee beans with the flavor of nuts, plums and herbs.