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Every time I go to Starbucks to buy coffee, I can always see office workers standing in line to order a cup of American coffee and then rush to go to work with the take-out card coffee. Why do office workers like American coffee so much? How do you make American coffee at Starbucks? Today, in front of the street, let's take a look at the regular drink in coffee-American coffee.

Did American coffee first appear in the United States?

This sentence is half right and half wrong. Why? Because there are two kinds of American coffee: drip American coffee and Italian concentrated coffee mixed with water, the equipment and production methods used in the two methods are different, so American coffee first appeared in the United States.

Since the popularity of coffee in the early 20th century, the most commonly drunk coffee in the United States is actually drip coffee, which is made by using a drip coffee machine (American coffee machine). At that time, it was a necessary item for almost every family in the United States. As long as the coffee powder is put into the coffee machine, the machine will automatically add water to drop the coffee into the filter pot in the incubator, and you can drink from morning till night. In modern society, American coffee refers to espresso extracted by Italian coffee machine at high temperature and made by adding hot water. There is still a difference between them.

This type of American coffee first appeared in Italy. (what? Isn't Italy espresso? Why did American coffee first appear in Italy? It is rumored that American coffee originated from American soldiers in Italy during World War II because they were not used to the intense bitterness of espresso and diluted it with boiled water. In fact, we can see from the name of American coffee, American coffee is called Americano, which is not English, but the Italian meaning of "American (American)"! Although the diluted espresso is similar to the drip filter coffee that Americans are used to, it is precisely because of the dilution of flavor that Europeans despise this kind of coffee. The French even call this kind of coffee "sock coffee" (wartime French soldiers used socks to filter coffee powder to make and extract coffee)

Later, after Starbucks, which used to only sell roasted coffee beans, began to offer coffee drinks, it introduced espresso extraction technology to the United States and began to sell strong espresso and diluted espresso in accordance with national customs. and named American coffee. Due to the short production time, the coffee can be full-bodied and full-bodied, it soon spread all over the United States, major cafes also sold American coffee, and eventually became an American national drink.

What coffee beans are used to make American coffee?

Today, American coffee beans are usually made of medium-to deep-roasted coffee beans. Through the automatic stable pressurization (9bar) of the Italian coffee machine, the hot water passes quickly through the ground fine coffee powder, and then espresso is extracted in a short time. As for how much water is added to espresso to make it American. Normally, a cup of American coffee will consist of one or two espressos diluted with hot / cold water in the right proportion (1:4-1:9, of course you can adjust it to your taste).

Description of the taste characteristics of American coffee

The flavor and taste of American coffee depends on the flavor of the coffee bean itself. On the question of what coffee beans are used for American coffee, Qianjie recommends Italian mixed coffee beans. The reason is that mixed coffee beans have a stable coffee flavor.

For example, Qianjie coffee boutique with coffee beans, made from Brazil and Colombia coffee beans, extracted coffee flavor with a strong nutty aroma and soft berry acidity, made into a hot American coffee flavor will show the aroma of hazelnut, with a hint of berry acid and chocolate finish. Made into iced American coffee, the acid will be a little brighter than hot American, but not too sour, and the aftertaste of nut dark chocolate lingers in the mouth for a long time. But if it is the pursuit of differentiation, Qianjie recommends the warm sun blended coffee beans that are now normally used in stores. It is made of Shirley and sun-red cherries, and it will have a very obvious sense of fermentation, whether it is hot American style or milk coffee. can be a perfect match, cream, chocolate flavor is outstanding. The wine is full of aroma, for

So which is better, espresso or American coffee?

Qianjie thinks that this problem cannot be generalized. If you like the taste of black coffee and want to drink different espresso flavors from a cup of black coffee, American coffee is your best choice. But if you are interested in milk, the addition of milk will weaken the strength of the coffee to a certain extent, making the coffee drink better to taste, and the perfect milk coffee is more fragrant and mellow.

How do you extract American coffee?

Espresso used in American coffee has no fixed extraction parameters, and the degree of grinding and extraction time will vary depending on the variety of coffee beans and the degree of roasting. So after buying coffee beans, you need to adjust and taste according to the extraction parameters mentioned below, until you think it is appropriate. Qianjie coffee suggests that espresso should be extracted by the ratio of powder to water at 1:2, extraction pressure is 9bar, extraction time is 23-30s ~.

Regular coffee drinkers should know that coffee beans are grinded in many medium sizes. Qianjie divides all the sizes into three types: fine, medium and thick. American coffee made with an espresso machine is often made from finely ground coffee. The reason is very simple. In the case of high temperature and high pressure, water will soon penetrate the powder layer in the coffee powder bowl. At this time, it requires very fine grinding and artificial pressure on the coffee powder to make the contact time between water and coffee longer and better to extract the coffee liquid. So, what kind of grinding degree should be used in the household drip filter coffee machine? In other words, how much powder does the American coffee machine use?

In fact, you can try it yourself at home, but Qianjie Coffee gives you a simple parameter: the grinding degree of the drip filter is the same as that of hand-brewed coffee. That is, moderate grinding.

The coffee machines used by Starbucks are roughly divided into three types:

1. La Marzocco, a fully manual coffee machine, takes a little longer to make and the process is more complex.

2. Mastrena, which is fully automatic

3. Verismo, which is fully automatic

The latter two are commonly used in Starbucks on the market at present. Before 2000, Starbucks mainly used semi-automatic coffee machines from Italy, and baristas needed manual operation to control the extraction time and pressure, but with the expansion of Starbucks stores, most stores have been replaced by fully automatic coffee machines such as Mastrena and Verismo. Of course, both brands are customized for Starbucks by Thermoplan, a Swiss company, and Mastrena is an upgraded version of Verismo. It is said that these custom-made coffee machines for Starbucks cost more than 100,000 yuan each and are not sold to the outside world.

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