How to Make Iced Americano Coffee? Why Can Americano Coffee Help with Fitness, Weight Loss, and Reducing Swelling?

Americano, traditionally known as American coffee, is black coffee made using a drip coffee maker. Because the general extraction time is relatively long (about four to five minutes), it has a higher caffeine content. Americano is simple to make, emphasizing convenience and freedom. Compared to espresso, Americano has a relatively cleaner taste and better preserves the original flavor of coffee beans.

However, the Americano found in coffee shops today differs somewhat from the traditional definition. Today's Americano is made differently - it uses espresso as a base and is diluted with a large amount of water, creating a drink that's essential on every coffee shop menu.

How to Make Americano?

Americano can be considered the simplest espresso-based coffee, as it consists of only two parts: espresso and water, with iced Americano adding ice cubes. However, don't let the simplicity of Americano fool you - the simplest parts are often the most technically demanding. Americano is typically the espresso drink that best tests a barista's espresso extraction skills.

Compared to milk-based coffees like lattes, Americano lacks the influence of milk on the coffee's flavor, making it the best way to perceive the original taste of coffee beans. Many barista friends choose Americano when visiting other coffee shops - firstly for convenience, and secondly to gauge the quality of their offerings.

Getting back on track, we just mentioned that Americano is simple to make with only water and espresso components, so you simply need to pour the espresso into water. The espresso portion needs to be extracted according to the characteristics of the beans, as different beans have different extraction parameters. For example, FrontStreet Coffee uses a Warm Sun Blend - 70% sherry wine barrel coffee beans mixed with 30% natural processed Yirgacheffe. Daily baristas must adjust based on the bean's condition. To highlight the sherry wine barrel flavor, they've chosen an extraction plan using 20 grams of coffee beans to extract 40 grams of coffee liquid in 27 to 28 seconds.

When making hot Americano, you need to preheat the cup with hot water, then add hot water, and finally pour the extracted espresso. The ratio for Americano is generally between 1:6 to 1:8, and after multiple adjustments, FrontStreet Coffee has chosen a 1:6 ratio, meaning 40 grams of coffee liquid mixed with 240 grams of hot water.

Similarly, when making iced Americano, pre-cool the cup with ice cubes, then add water, and finally pour in the espresso. Because ice cubes need to be added, FrontStreet Coffee's iced Americano uses a 1:7 ratio, with 40 grams of coffee liquid mixed with 280 grams of ice-water mixture (180 grams of ice and 100 grams of water).

Why Can Americano Help with Fitness, Fat Loss, and Reducing Swelling?

The caffeine in Americano not only helps eliminate body edema but also boosts metabolism due to its very low calorie content. Drinking it an hour before exercise helps burn fat, making it one of the recommended beverages for many fitness enthusiasts. However, FrontStreet Coffee still needs to remind everyone that only pure Americano has these benefits. If you add syrup, condensed milk, or coffee creamer to Americano, it will bring additional calories, and long-term consumption is not beneficial to our health.

Is Americano Healthy?

Whether Americano is healthy is a long-standing global topic, but the current consensus in the medical community is that moderate consumption of Americano has no adverse health effects and does not increase the risk of certain cancers, and may even be beneficial to the body. FrontStreet Coffee suggests that no more than 3 cups of Americano (or black coffee) per day is beneficial and harmless to the body, but this also depends on each individual's constitution. If we experience insomnia, gastrointestinal discomfort, or other issues after drinking coffee, we should not consume too much caffeine.

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