An espresso shot diluted with hot water, which tastes like thin airline coffee, but which saves a barista the time and bother of making a rich, brewed coffee by doing a pour-over with ground coffee and near-boiling water. An Americano made with more shots of espresso is a type of intelligence test: it tastes richer, like real brewed coffee, but you're paying twice as much.
Customer: How's about an Americano with two shots of espresso?
Barista: Two-shot Americano for the moron!
Barista: Two-shot Americano for the moron!
by Tjanvier January 6, 2022
Get the Americanomug.