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Americans drink really watered down coffee. In Brazil we would call it chafé (coffee tea). I've had espressos in Colombia and Portugal that probably had more c
by forinti 6y ago
Americans drink really watered down coffee. In Brazil we would call it chafé (coffee tea).
I've had espressos in Colombia and Portugal that probably had more caffeine than in a mug of what Americans drink.
So volume doesn't really say much.
- ragnese 6y ago> Americans drink really watered down coffee. In Brazil we would call it chafé (coffee tea). Do we? How do Brazilians prepare a cup of coffee? Is the process different or do you just use a lot more grounds per amount of water?
- chrisseaton 6y ago> Americans drink really watered down coffee. > Do we? An 'Americano' is literally watered down coffee.
- AuthorizedCust 6y agoFrom an American perspective, it’s diluted espresso. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffè_Americano https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffè_Americano. Yes, I know, espresso is a kind of coffee, but it’s not what Americans are referring to as when they say “coffee”.
- ragnese 6y agoAs /u/AuthorizedCust said, I've always understood an Americano to be water + espresso, which is different than what I'd call a normal cup of (American?) coffee. Do Brazilians drink what I call espresso and call it coffee?
- jcfrei 6y agoJust wanted to reply here because you're unnecessarily condescending about American coffee. While I'm no fan of drip coffee either the caffeine content is actually higher than in the espressos you mentioned (unless Portuguese and Colombian espresso is somehow wildly different from the Italian one).
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- forinti 6y agoEven with drip coffee (that's what I drink mostly) you can vary a lot how strong you make it. I didn't mean my observation as some sort of criticism. It is just an observation. Every person should just drink it how they like it.