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Iced Americano is actually a product made by adding iced water to dilute espresso. Because it is a black coffee made using only coffee beans and water, it is a healthy drink with 0 calories, 0 sugar, and 0 fat.

Celebrities like drinking iced Americano because it is refreshing and cuts through greasiness, and because caffeine can boost alertness and help burn fat, achieving a weight-loss and slimming effect.

Can iced Americano really help with weight loss?

Although iced Americano has a weight-loss function, you cannot rely entirely on drinking Americano alone~ A balanced, healthy daily diet and moderate exercise are still very important! Therefore, it is not recommended that everyone consume large amounts of iced Americano every day. Around 1-2 cups per day is about right.

Making Americano is also very simple. In this article, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will talk with you about how to make iced Americano, as well as the popular iced Americano preparation methods online.

How do you make iced Americano?

Iced Americano is a product made using espresso, so we need to use a dedicated espresso machine to make it. If you drink it often, you can buy a simple home espresso machine~

The taste of Americano is determined by the flavor of the coffee beans themselves, and usually, in order to still taste rich coffee after dilution with water, the coffee beans used by coffee shops to make espresso are usually dark-roasted blended coffee beans. Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) currently sells four kinds of coffee beans specially blended for espresso, among which "Sunflower Warm Sun Blend Coffee Beans" and "Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Front Street Specialty Blend Coffee Beans" are very suitable for home and office use.

"Warm Sun Blend Coffee Beans" 79/227g: Ethiopian natural Red Cherry coffee beans (30%) + Honduras Sherry barrel coffee beans (70%), with rich wine aroma, vanilla cream, berry sweetness and acidity, and roasted nut flavor notes.

"Front Street Specialty Blend Coffee Beans" 75/454g: Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian semi-washed coffee beans (70%), with flavor notes of nuts, dark chocolate, and caramel.

To extract espresso using an espresso machine, you need to grind the coffee beans to an extremely fine degree, then put the recommended capacity of coffee grounds into the portafilter basket, then extract coffee liquid at a 1:1 ratio, meaning twice the amount of coffee liquid as the coffee grounds, and then dilute it with iced water according to your own taste preferences, and that is Americano~!

How do you make sparkling iced Americano?

Just like iced Americano, simply replace the iced water with sparkling water. One thing to note! When sparkling water is poured into coffee, a large amount of foam will surge out, like pouring cola. So Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) recommends pouring the coffee into the sparkling water.

How do you make waterfall iced Americano?

Making waterfall iced Americano requires a cup-shaped ice mold. Place the frozen ice cup into room-temperature water and keep it balanced; then pour hot espresso into the ice cup; the coffee will gradually melt the ice cup and create a hole; because coffee and water have different densities, after the hole forms, the coffee liquid will slowly flow downward, creating a fine waterfall effect.

How do you make quicksand iced Americano?

Pour the extracted espresso liquid into a milk pitcher, then add the iced water mixture, then use the steam wand of the espresso machine to aerate and froth the Americano in the pitcher, and finally prepare a cup full of ice and pour the frothed Americano over the ice. The dissipation of the foam will give the Americano a quicksand effect.

In terms of taste, because the strong espresso has been frothed with ice, the bitterness of the coffee liquid is reduced, while instead highlighting a faint vanilla flavor and refreshing berry sweetness and acidity. In addition, the foam layer is delicate and smooth, giving it a bit of the mouthfeel of dark beer.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.