How to Drink Espresso Americano, Should You Add Sugar to Americano Black Coffee, Recommended Coffee Beans for Making Americano

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The Essence of Espresso-Based Coffee

Generally speaking, the coffee base of popular espresso-based coffees today almost always comes from the espresso extracted by that eye-catching espresso machine sitting on the most prominent bar counter in the café. With just that equivalent of one or two sips of espresso, you can create well-known espresso-based coffee drinks such as lattes, mochas, café au lait, and cappuccinos. And their flavor, aside from the accompanying flavor elements like milk, water, cream, chocolate, and syrup, is determined by sixty to seventy percent by this tiny bit of espresso.

In other words, a café's espresso flavor presentation and philosophy are all infused into their espresso formula. Just like the secret sauce of a century-old Chinese restaurant or the generational bone broth recipe, it becomes the secret formula that makes customers flock to the establishment.

Therefore, I believe that if you want to taste a coffee shop's true coffee flavor (especially for cafés that emphasize their own roasting), besides single-origin coffee, the most direct and perhaps cheapest method is to drink their Americano.

Our Divisive Americano

Our Americano receives polarized reviews.

Sometimes we see customers who have sprinkled sugar and creamer everywhere, leaving their coffee cups full when they depart, without taking a single sip; other times, customers leave only a few coffee grounds at the bottom of their cups, with untouched sugar packets and creamer, even finding it so delicious that they voluntarily pay extra for a refill.

Because our Americano servings are not large, with a smaller proportion of water, and especially since our espresso blend (Blend) coffee bean formula has pronounced fruit acidity, with a strong and spicy aftertaste when swallowed, it often frightens away customers who are less accustomed to single-origin black coffee.

When customers react more intensely, junior partners often cannot respond appropriately, even questioning whether we should change our formula to cater to customers' preferences.

Is Adding Sugar to Americano Low-Class?

If the coffee in the customer's cup tastes the same as what we originally intended, I think we should stick to our guns. If our intention is to create coffee with rich layers, pursuing a strong flavor that lingers on the palate for a long time, we shouldn't compromise.

"If we dilute the Americano, then it's not ourselves anymore. If we can't be ourselves, customers have no reason to choose us. Moreover, customers have thousands of preferred tastes, and imitating or catering to them will make us lose our identity and uniqueness," I said to my partner while brewing another cup to confirm the flavor hadn't changed.

It must be confidence, I think. Whether in flavor or in life.

When you believe something is right, you must strive to persist. If you don't believe in yourself, or don't believe in what you believe in, honestly, we have no reason to exist...

"Boss, one Americano to go." I saw our partner, without hesitation, walking toward the coffee machine with a smile.

Americano (Americano)

Americano refers to adding hot water to espresso to create approximately six ounces of Americano coffee. Our Americano is ground from our espresso blend beans, whose formula comes from several selected Arabica highland estate beans, aiming to present coffee with smooth fruit acidity, especially when paired with milk, making it even smoother and more aromatic.

FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find various famous and lesser-known beans, while also providing online store services. https://shop104210103.taobao.com

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