Because of this, some enterprising baristas started serving shots of espresso in a bigger cup, with a sidecar of hot water so the soldiers could dilute it and get a larger, more mellow coffee drink. Allied soldiers found espresso too strong and too bitter for their liking, but didn’t necessarily want a milky coffee drink. Italians only had one coffee based drink - the espresso - and had three variants of it at the time: the cappuccino, the macchiato, and a caffe latte, which was an Italian version of the cafe au lait. The common held belief is that the americano was invented by Italian barmen (baristas) during the time when American and allied soldiers were occupying Italy during World War II. That said, any pump driven espresso machine with hot water ability will do. We’re using the fantastic Breville Barista Pro machine (available in Canada from idrinkcoffee.ca, and in the US from Amazon ($799)) with the built in grinder for this how to, because we can fine tune and manually control the hot water ability, grind, and shot delivery easily and efficiently on the machine. If you stick around in the article, later on we’ll talk a bit about the culture and development of the beverage. In reality, I would never call myself an expert at anything coffee related I just wanted to give a bit of background before we first dive into the CoffeeGeek How To on the Americano (and thus lay down some info to show you there’s been a lot of trial and error to get to this how to). Okay, enough blah blah chest pounding stuff. I thought about the math of it all once, and it’s quite possible that I’ve made over 30,000 americanos in my lifetime. It’s my first drink of the day, every day, and my second, and sometimes my third. I probably drink more americanos than any other coffee beverage, perhaps even every beverage combined. Maybe I know some stuff about them, but a self-proclaimed expert? Naw.īut I think of myself as an expert on the americano (wink). AeroPress Inverted Brew Method Jan 16, 2023.AeroPress Inverted Brew Method Here's our unique take on the Inverted Brewing Method with the AeroPress, designed to replicate the brew from a Clover Coffee Machine.Acaia Pearl 2021 Coffee Scale Mar 5, 2023. Flair 58 Lever Espresso Machine Mar 20, 2023.Baratza Virtuoso+ First Look Jan 11, 2023.Flair 58 Lever Espresso Machine The Flair 58 Lever Espresso machine promises the ultimate in crafted espresso for the home barista.Pour Over History and Development Nov 3, 2022.How We Test Espresso at CoffeeGeek Feb 1, 2023.Thoughts and Theories on Cold / Iced Coffee Aug 22, 2011.Dialing in Espresso in Three Shots Oct 22, 2021.How to Make Coffee, Circa 1918 Sep 6, 2020.Caffeine Tools, Caffeine Obsession Apr 25, 2021.Ross Ainsworth of Odyssey Espresso Jan 29, 2022.How to Up Your Home Coffee Game, Part 2 Apr 15, 2018.What is Single Origin Coffee Feb 12, 2021.A Business Model of Care: Kyra Kennedy Oct 7, 2022.How We Test Espresso at CoffeeGeek Mark Prince.Aeropress Awards $100,000 for Children’s Cancer Research.CG20 WayBack: Interviewing World Barista Champions.CG20 WayBack: How I Became a Coffee Geek, by Aaron De Lazzer.All Encompassing Coffee: Something for Everyone.O-Kettle Digital Pour Over Kettle First Look.Etzinger ETZ-I / ETZ-U Grinders: What’s the Scoop?.The Encore ESP: Baratza’s Latest Grinder.A Cloth Tiger? Brewing with the Coffee Sock.10 Years of Manual Grinders for Orphan Espresso.Starbucks adds Plant-based Iced Coffee Drinks?.20 Years of Coffee and the Internet – Part 2: Espresso Focus.20 Years of Coffee and the Internet – Part 1: Baratza.It’s CoffeeGeek’s 20th Anniversary this Month!.
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