Americano

24 03 2009

Posted by Robert @ 10:00 am

A water-based drink consisting of hot water and shot(s) of espresso mixed together to make any where from an 8 to 16 oz drink. The espresso is usually poured on top to showcase the quality of the crema.

Author’s Notes:
The term americano became popular when Americans were in Italy during the second world war and asked for their coffee to be more like home. So, hot water was added to the espresso and the americano was born.

6oz Americano

6oz Americano

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4 responses to “Americano”

14 04 2009
M (15:13:26) :

Fun fact: it was actually Canadian soldiers!

14 04 2009
Robert (16:16:53) :

Hi M

I have never seen it reference to the Canadian soldiers. . .

Do you have a link I can reference? If you can I will edit my term.

4 07 2009
Coffee Trees | Bikes on the Drive Tree (09:13:33) :

[...] day over a couple of americanos Robert and I had this coffee tour idea that was done exclusively by bike. We hit a few coffee shops [...]

10 08 2009
Robert Dall Blog | Summer of Bikes and Coffee (04:08:20) :

[...] blog too. It is one of the reasons he hired me to write The Tree Blog. Over one day and a few Americanos we hatched this [...]

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