Cafe Americano

Café Américano or simply Americano (the name is also spelled with varying capitalization and use of diacritics: e.g. café Americano, cafe americano, etc.) is a style of coffee prepared by adding espresso to hot water, giving a similar strength but different flavor from regular drip coffee. The strength of an Americano varies with the number of shots of espresso added.

Origin

The drink consists of a single or double-shot of espresso combined with up to four or five ounces of hot water in a two-demitasse cup. An Americano is created specifically by adding the water to an already extracted espresso, not by drawing more water through the espresso grounds (the latter is a lungo) . An Americano can be produced from lighter roasted coffees and roasts not generally associated with espresso, such as beans of Ethiopian or Sumatran origins.

Variations

*The iced americano is made by combining espresso with cold water instead of hot water.
*A long black, famous in Australia, is made by adding espresso to hot water.
*A lungo is made with hot water (passed through the coffee grounds) added to espresso
*A red eye is made with drip coffee instead of hot water. In Canada, this can be called a "Canadiano,"Fact|date=October 2008 although that term is sometimes used interchangeably with americanoFact|date=October 2008.

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