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Caffè americano (Italian: [kafˈfɛ ameriˈkaːno]; Spanish: café americano; lit. ' American coffee ' ), also known as americano or American , is a type of coffee drink prepared by diluting an espresso shot with hot water at a 1:3 to 1:4 ratio, resulting in a drink that retains the complex flavors of espresso, but in a lighter way. [ 1 ]
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The American version of a Spanish Coffee uses a heated sugar-rimmed Spanish coffee mug with 3 ⁄ 4 US fluid ounce (22 ml; 0.78 imp fl oz) of rum and 1 ⁄ 2 US fluid ounce (15 ml; 0.52 imp fl oz) of triple sec. The drink is then flamed to caramelize the sugar, with 2 US fluid ounces (59 ml; 2.1 imp fl oz) of coffee liqueur then added to put ...
The United States Barista Championship (USBC), is an annual American coffee-brewing competition designed to evaluate baristas on their skills in espresso-based drink preparation and service. Competitors prepare and serve three courses of espresso-based beverages consisting of straight espressos, milk beverages , and signature drinks.
Doppio espresso (Italian:) is a double shot which is extracted using double the amount of ground coffee in a larger-sized portafilter basket. [1] This results in 60 ml (2.1 imp fl oz; 2.0 US fl oz) of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. [ 2 ]
The first wave of American coffee culture was probably the 19th-century surge that put Folgers on every table, and the second was the proliferation, starting in the 1960s at Peet's and moving smartly through the Starbucks grande decaf latte, of espresso drinks and regionally labeled coffee. We are now in the third wave of coffee connoisseurship ...
Cuban espresso, also known as Café Cubano (or Colada, Cuban coffee, cafecito, Cuban pull, and Cuban shot), is a type of espresso that originated in Cuba. Specifically, it refers to an espresso shot which is sweetened (traditionally with natural brown sugar whipped with the first and strongest drops of espresso). [ 1 ]