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Double-shot Americano Coffee Facts with a dash of Comic Discussion
Detachable Felix:
I came to the realisation this morning that I haven't had a coffee in over a week.
THIS MUST BE RECTIFIED.
ankhtahr:
Got myself a Hario Mini Mill. Can't wait to try it out, so I can finally buy whole beans. I hate how ground coffee gets worse over time. I'll buy a small pack of beans from a local roaster tomorrow.
Next step is buying a better espresso machine, as mine doesn't create enough pressure and can't keep the temperature steady enough, so the extraction time is impossible to get right. I'm thinking something like a used Saeco Aroma, should be relatively affordable (I see those for around 100€ on ebay) and they're supposed to be decent for their price.
When did I turn into an espresso snob?
idontunderstand:
When I was in Portugal, ordering a cup of coffee always resulted in an espresso. For a regular cup, we had to order coffee "americano", which was almost always pretty terrible by the way… we stuck to espresso for most of the trip.
GarandMarine:
An Americano is traditionally watered down espresso, so you still might not have been getting normal joe.
Metope:
Yeah, in the south of Europe, espresso is the 'normal' type of coffee, so if you order 'coffee', that's what you'll get. The term 'americano' originated during uh... one of the world wars (probably the second? My lack of knowledge of the wars is pretty embarrassing, sorry), when American soldiers were stationed there. Since they preferred their coffee more diluted than the local standard, the watery coffee we're used to was named after them.
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