Name: How to Make an Americano
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 ounces (2 shots) espresso*; 4 ounces hot water

Here's how to make an Americano, aka Caffe Americano! This popular coffee drink smooths the bitterness of espresso with hot water. 

How to Make an Americano

(2 shots) espresso*

water

Make the espresso: 

Make the espresso using an espresso machine, manual espresso maker, French press, or Moka Pot. Go to How to Make Espresso for instructions.

Add hot water

Heat water using your espresso machine or in a tea pot to about 190 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour it into the espresso. Enjoy!

That's so wonderful I reant something here thank u

Thank you for writing about water to espresso ratios.  So much easier to work with than trying to figure out the sizer of a "shot".

RE:  the origin of the Caffe Americano. 

The Caffe Americano was NOT invented in the 1970s.  It came to be during WWII in Italy.  

"The Americano was created during World War 2. As American soldiers were stationed in Italy, they drank the Italians' stronger coffee, the espresso. For the American soldiers, it was too strong, but they still liked the taste of it. As the story goes, they added water to the espresso to dilute the strong taste."

Basically, American soldiers added hot water to espresso to make it closer to what they were used to but a whole lot better than their army coffee.

How to Make an Americano

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 5 minutes

Servings: 1

Author : Sonja Overhiser

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