Every time I watch Korean dramas, I always notice that when people go to coffee shops to drink coffee/please drink coffee, Americano can be said to be an "old actor". Why does everyone love Americano coffee so much? Maybe for friends, Americano is more than just a cup of coffee. In addition to its refreshing effect, it is more like one of the social elements.
Americano is a black coffee with espresso + water. It is dairy-free, sugar-free and low in calories. It has become one of the health drinks popular among modern young people. Choosing Americano coffee, one is that the coffee shop provides a social space, and Americano coffee is cheap and healthy. It can be said to be a low-cost choice for both drinkers and treaters.
If you don’t know what the other person likes to drink/what you want to request/thank someone for, you might as well bring a cup of iced Americano. If you are worried that the other person does not like black coffee, you can also bring milk balls and sugar packets and let the other person add them according to their preferences.
What is Americano?
The origin of American coffee is not in the United States, but in Italy. In Italy, a coffee machine using steam pressure extraction was invented in 1884, and a coffee product called espresso appeared in the same year.
The characteristic of this kind of coffee is that the coffee beans are first ground into extremely fine particles, and then the hot water is passed through the ice layer of coffee powder to extract a highly concentrated coffee liquid using a sealed and pressurized method. Since it was an era of industrial development, the introduction of espresso coffee was immediately loved by the locals.
Before World War II, American soldiers went to Italy and tasted this highly concentrated and very strong coffee during a break in a cafe.
The Italians, who have always liked a strong taste, did not agree with the way American soldiers drank it, so they called coffee made with espresso and water Americano, which means American coffee.
Although Italians don’t approve of this way of drinking, Americans really like it! One is that it is fast and convenient to make, and the other is that it can be adjusted according to personal taste. So after returning to the United States, Americans introduced espresso machines to the local area. Soon such machines for quickly extracting coffee spread throughout the United States, and Americano coffee became an indispensable product in cafes.
How to make Americano coffee?
The composition of Americano is espresso and water. When FrontStreet Coffee produces Americano coffee, it uses dark roasted blended coffee beans, then grinds them into very fine coffee particles, uses 20g of powder to extract 40g of coffee liquid at a ratio of 1:2 & 9bar pressure for 25-30 hours, and then adds water at a ratio of 1:5.
But it should be noted that each coffee machine grinder and espresso machine have different performance beans, and the roasting, state and flavor performance of the coffee beans are also different. The above extraction parameters are just FrontStreet Coffee's suggestions. They give you an initial reference data, and then make corresponding adjustments based on the actual flavor performance of the coffee after the extraction is completed.
Regarding the water-to-water ratio of Americano coffee, the above data is also a reference given by FrontStreet Coffee, and it also needs to be determined based on the flavor concentration of the final espresso. If it is really hard to get the ratio right, it is recommended to start with 1:5. If the coffee is too strong, increase the ratio of water. If it is too weak, just reduce the ratio of water.
If you want to make American coffee at home but don’t want to buy a coffee machine, you can choose to use a Moka pot to make espresso. Although the taste is not as rich as an espresso machine, the taste is also very rich and mellow.
There are a few things you need to pay attention to when using a Moka pot. One is that when adding water to the pot, do not exceed the position of the pressure relief valve. The other is that the coffee powder is ground very finely but will not pass through the hole of the powder trough. The other is that the amount of coffee powder added should be level with the powder trough without applying pressure. After filling, you only need to spread it evenly, and there is no need to press the powder layer hard.
After the coffee starts to be extracted, if you notice that coffee liquid starts to come out of the upper pot, turn off the heat source and transfer it to a wet towel for rapid cooling. This temperature difference will accelerate the release of coffee liquid and effectively reduce over-extraction caused by long-term high temperature.
What coffee beans are used in Americano coffee?
FrontStreet Coffee recommends that you use comprehensive coffee beans specially blended for Italian coffee. The reason is that the cost will be cheaper and the flavor of the blended coffee beans will be more stable than that of single-origin coffee beans.
FrontStreet Coffee currently sells a variety of Italian blended coffee beans. You can choose the appropriate blended coffee beans according to your positioning.
"FrontStreet Coffee-FrontStreet Blend 100% Arabica Coffee Beans" 75 yuan/454g, suitable for home production, boutique coffee shops, community coffee shops, and small coffee shops. Made from Colombian washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans, it has flavors of nuts, dark chocolate, and caramel.
"FrontStreet Coffee - Commercial Blend Coffee Beans" 60 yuan/454g, suitable for boutique coffee shops, community coffee shops, small coffee shops, and takeaway/takeaway coffee shops. Made from Robusta washed coffee beans + Colombian washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee, it has the flavor of nuts, cocoa and caramel.
"FrontStreet Coffee - Strawberry Candy Espresso Ritual Blend Coffee Beans" is 85 yuan/227g. It is made from the three famous production areas of Colombia + Costa Rica + Ethiopia. It has elegant rose aroma, strawberry gummy, grape and preserved fruit flavors. It is suitable for friends who like floral and fruity coffee.
You can now purchase Front Street Coffee's single-origin coffee beans and Italian blend coffee beans at Tmall's "Front Street Flagship Store". There are 60 kinds of coffee beans from all over the world, freshly roasted and shipped 24 hours a day.
Tmall link：https://qianjieshipin.tmall.com
Or you can directly search for "Front Street Flagship Store" on Taobao
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You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
