An americano and a long black: the difference
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What's the difference between an americano and a long black coffee? I'd often wondered. Both seemed to be espresso and water.
Not everyone will give you the same answer in a coffee shop if you ask them. But my understanding is the difference between an americano and a long black comes down to the order of adding your water to your espresso — an americano — or adding your espresso to your water — a long black one.
If you’re making your own americanos or long black at home, you may notice that a long black seems to make a more satisfyingly luxurious-looking coffee as it does a better job of preserving the crema on top.
Other coffee-related sketchplanations:
- Make Vietnamese coffee
- How to make Irish coffee
- Half-caff coffee
- Espresso, filter, americano and the redeye.
Perhaps I should speak to someone about this.
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