What does it mean to have an American coffee without water?

Recently, I have seen a lot of statements about "American coffee", which are conceptually wrong; Many coffee friends are also vague when talking about "American coffee" and can't express themselves accurately. In today's article, let's learn what kind of coffee is "American coffee" and what kind of coffee is not!

When we go to a coffee shop to order coffee, we will see that "American coffee" marked on the menu is "Americano" in English. If you order this coffee, you will get an espresso made by an Italian coffee machine. Add hot water to make a black coffee without sugar or milk.

There is a saying about the origin of American coffee: during World War II, American soldiers were not used to espresso in Italy, so Italian baristas added hot water to espresso. Unexpectedly, the coffee made in this way is very popular with American soldiers. This way of making espresso and heating water is called "American coffee" by Italians. With the spread of Italian coffee all over the world, American coffee has also spread!

The word "American coffee" is a specific title, referring to "espresso" and "hot water" coffee.

It should be noted that although the origin of "American coffee" is related to Americans, not all coffee that Americans drink is called "American coffee". The United States is an immigrant country, formed by people from many countries migrating to the present American land. Therefore, there are many ways to drink coffee in America.

The concept of "American coffee" is the most confusing. There is a coffee machine called "American Drip Filter". Many people think that the coffee made by American drip filter is also called American coffee, which is not accurate.

Advertisement of "American Drip Filter" in 1960s

American drip filter is just a coffee machine invented by Americans, which is popular in American families. Its making principle is similar to the hand-brewed coffee that we commonly use now. The coffee can be classified as a kind of black coffee, but it can't be called "American coffee".

Some of our common names for coffee, such as: American espresso, American espresso and so on. Most of these names appear on the packaging of some coffee products, such as coffee beans, hanging ear coffee, bagged coffee and so on. This situation should be treated differently. For example, "American espresso coffee beans", if espresso is made with an Italian coffee machine and hot water is added, it is American coffee. If you make coffee by hand, you can't call it American coffee. As for the coffee made from "American fragrant ear coffee" or "American fragrant bag coffee", it is definitely not called American coffee!