America:
But there’s more caffeine in that than in the gallon jug full of syrup and milk you get in the US.
Coffee is brewed in ratios of beans:water that varies depending on the style being made. An espresso in Europe should be more or less the same size as an espresso in the states. Same for pour over, cold brew, lattes, etc
Meanwhile in America:
as someone who doesn’t like coffee I can tell you what she’s drinking is also coffee
Coffee flavoured dessert.
Blacker than a moonless night. That is coffee.
That’s not dessert, that’s more calories than a family of 5 needs in a week.
It appears to be 2 large caramel frappuccinos coming in at 470 calories apiece. So 940 calories.
Although I’m not very familiar with Starbucks drinks so could be something else.
Lot of calories to drink still
“Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love”
At least we make real coffee instead of tea with coffee flavor
What’s “real coffee”
Coffee is made from ground up coffee beans steeped in water.
Do you just eat the beans?
Is this the European health secret?
“Americano” got its name from US soldiers coming to France during World War 2. They didn’t like our coffee, it was too strong for them. So the French added water and named it “Americano” to mock Americans.
Ehhh, the French mocking people is hardly something to stand on as an argument. Other things the French will mock people for:
- pronouncing bread names wrong
- attempting to pronounce bread names correctly
- liking the Eiffel Tower
- not liking the Eiffel Tower
- speaking French
- not speaking French
An Americano is also not just coffee, it is espresso. This is like saying someone can’t handle their liquor because they ask for a cocktail they can sip on instead of straight shots of vodka. I do like shots of espresso as a pick me up sometimes, but other times I want something I can sip on whilst talking with a friend or working. Much like how sometimes I will slam back whiskey like it’s water, or make a nice cocktail if I’m taking it easy and want to enjoy myself.
FYI espresso is normal coffee.
It absolutely is not.
Culture shock turns into an electric shock when the paramedics try to revive him
Americans: how many gallons of milk do you want me to put this burnt filter coffee in?
I’ve not been to the States, but is drip coffee likely to get over-extracted (which is what we tend to describe as “burnt”)? I would have thought that it would be stale from sitting on the hot plate, and flat if the water’s from a reservoir, but probably under-extracted unless the water’s too hot to start.
As another commenter says, it’s their custom of making drip coffee and then leaving it on a hot plate to denature all flavour remaining after the aromatics have been cooked off
Listen. I am a coffee snob. I have friends who send me unique coffees from their travels, coffees that have light roasts and mangosteen flavor notes. I am adept at using a Hario pour-over, with a scale, and beans that I grind myself every morning. I know how to tweak my pours to change the flavor and body of my coffee, depending on the roast and bean. With all of that being said, I still have, deep in my heart, a love for that stale, black charcoal water that’s been sitting on a hot plate since time immemorial, poured into a scratchy ceramic mug and slid over to me with minimal effort and even an air of contempt by a woman who smells of Virginia Slim cigarettes and calls me “hon’” when impatiently asking me for my order. Nothing pairs better with crispy corned beef hash and runny eggs. Nothing.
I love the romance of that scene, and I do enjoy an American dinner, but I’m sorry that coffee is just dreadful
That full to the brim mini-shot cup is literally more quantity than a short expresso.
Yes but it also has 3× the caffeine compared to an American large. They’re just efficient
🍺 vs 🥃
Same amount of coffee, less water… This is efficiency.
I mean, unless you want have more liquid to drink and want it to taste good.
If you just want to consume caffeine as fast as possible, caffeine pills exist.
Ah yes, those Italians with their separate glass of water which they use to wash down the less-good tasting coffee that they are famous for.
Here is a medium size from america:
Would you like fries with that? For $1.30 extra you can biggie size it….
The same coffee + a gallon of water:
American coffee!
Not really, you’re forgetting half a galon of sugars, syrups, creams and spices
the americano is named for the us soldiers stationed in italy during wwii who would pour water into their espresso because it was “too strong”. it’s one part espresso to four parts water.
Probably not true? Though Wikipedia isn’t an authoritative source obviously:
There is a popular belief that the name has its origins in World War II when American G.I.s in Italy diluted espresso with hot water to approximate the coffee to which they were accustomed. However, the Oxford English Dictionary cites the term as a borrowing from Central American Spanish café americano, a derisive term for mild coffee, dating back to the middle of the 1950s. Its first use in English appeared in the Jamaican newspaper The Sunday Gleaner in 1964. The term caffè americano entered Italian later than the English or Spanish uses, suggesting the term originates outside of Italy.
yeeeeah but it gets their panties in a twist
This is the same logic that elected Donald Trump
i think we need to update godwins law
Because we have 2x the amount of beans. We dont drink «coffee», we drink ¡coffee!
Canada is the only non-European country in the top 10 coffee consuming nations
Hell yeah, let’s go Canada!
