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What Coffee Beans to Use for Americano_ What Makes a Good Americano Coffee Bean_ Grinding for Americano Coffee

Published: 2026-01-28 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/28, Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) What kind of coffee beans are suitable for drip-style coffee makers? Specific names, such as Mocha, Mandheling, etc.? ●The so-called Americano coffee is brewed with a drip-style coffee maker. Any type of coffee can be made with a drip method. But for example, making Mocha, Mandheling, Ba

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What Coffee Beans Are Suitable for Drip Coffee Makers?

Specific names, such as Mocha, Mandheling... which one?

American Coffee is Brewed with Drip Coffee Makers

Any type of coffee can be made with a drip coffee maker. However, for single-origin coffees like Mocha, Mandheling, Brazil, Blue Mountain, and Colombia, the effect of using a drip coffee maker is slightly inferior to that of a siphon pot.

When using a drip coffee maker, it is recommended to choose blended coffee (made from a mixture of various single-origin coffees).

Advantage: The coffee's flavor is more layered and the taste is richer.

In fact, the United States also uses blended coffee.

Blended coffees include: Italian coffee, specialty coffee, ruby coffee, sapphire coffee, etc. The names vary from place to place, so you can consult your local coffee distributor!

American Coffee Beans are Classified by Roast Level

Because Americans don't like to drink very bitter coffee, and the deeper the coffee beans are roasted, the more bitter the brewed coffee tastes.

Therefore, American coffee beans are generally lightly roasted blended coffee beans.

Any type of coffee can be made with a drip coffee maker. For example, Mocha, Mandheling, Brazil, Blue Mountain, Colombia, Tanzania AA, Kenya AA, Guatemala, etc., as well as any blended beans.

However, the same coffee beans made with different coffee equipment will produce completely different flavors.

It just depends on which one you prefer.

Coffee Bean Quality

1. Of course, the more expensive the coffee beans, the better the powder they produce.

2. Because you get what you pay for.

American Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's roasted best-selling American coffee beans: Yirgacheffe coffee, Golden Mandheling coffee, Brazil coffee, etc., all have full guarantees in terms of brand and quality. More importantly, the cost-performance ratio is extremely high. A half-pound 227-gram package costs only about 70-90 yuan. Calculated at 15 grams of powder per cup of pour-over coffee, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, and each cup of American coffee only costs about 5-6 yuan. Compared to the price of dozens of yuan per cup sold in cafes, the cost-performance ratio is extremely high.


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