How to Make Americano Instead of a Latte for Fat Loss

Caffeine raises metabolic rate, stimulates the nervous system, and supports gastrointestinal motility, but milk dilutes those effects and adds calories. An Americano is espresso diluted with water, so it keeps the caffeine and drops the milk fat. A latte without added sugar still carries the fat naturally present in milk, which works against a fat-loss goal.

To make americano at home, pull a double shot from an espresso machine and add hot water for the hot version or cold water and ice for the iced one. A medium to dark roast blend with chocolate and nut notes holds up well to dilution. Drink it before training for the most useful timing, then taste slowly so the cup is enjoyed rather than rushed.

Caffeine can boost metabolism, stimulate neural excitement, and promote gastrointestinal motility, so coffee is often used as a daily beverage by those trying to lose fat. However, not all coffee is conducive to slimming. This article focuses on the differences between lattes and Americanos, explaining why black coffee has the advantage, while also detailing the bean selection approach for Americano, the flavor characteristics of Front Street's four espresso blends, and the extraction parameters and mixing ratios for hot and iced Americanos, and finally includes the steps for tasting a cup of coffee, helping coffee enthusiasts drink professionally and satisfyingly even during a fat-loss period.

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Coffee contains a relatively high amount of caffeine, a component that can accelerate metabolism, put the nerves in an excited state, and also help with gastrointestinal motility, so many people trying to lose fat regard coffee as their first-choice beverage. But it is important to note that not every kind of coffee can bring fat-loss effects.

According to Front Street, black coffee performs most prominently in fat loss. Take a latte as an example: even without adding extra sugar, just black coffee plus milk will significantly dilute the effects of black coffee. A cup of latte has considerably more calories than black coffee, and the reason lies in the fat naturally contained in milk. Therefore, drinking a cup of Americano before working out has a quite good auxiliary boosting effect on fat loss.

Making Americano is also very simple and convenient. If you have an espresso machine at home, you can absolutely make Americano or espresso yourself. Now let's talk about Front Street's method for making Americano.

What coffee beans are used for Americano ?

Generally speaking, Americano, as well as commonly ordered drinks like lattes, are coffee beverages based on espresso. How the espresso is extracted largely determines the taste of the final product, and Americano is even more noticeably affected by the espresso, because its method is simply to dilute the extracted espresso with water in a certain ratio, and a cup of Americano is complete.

So what factors affect espresso? The answer, of course, is coffee beans. What kind of espresso beans you choose directly determines the mouthfeel and flavor of this cup of Americano. Next, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) will take everyone along the path of bean selection for Americano.

Every cafe uses different beans, so Front Street will take its own roasted coffee beans as an example. Currently, Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) uses the Sunflower Warm Sun blend. This bean uses Honduras Sherry and Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Red Cherry, and after repeated adjustments by Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) baristas, a relatively ideal 6:4 blending ratio was obtained. The espresso made with it has obvious fruit acidity, along with berry aroma and wine aroma, and a comfortable sweet aftertaste.

Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) has single-origin coffee beans from no fewer than 50 production regions, so why still use blended beans? Couldn't you just switch to a different bean every day? The reason is that blended beans integrate different coffee beans, showing different personalities due to different varieties and origins, with subtle differences in acidity, bitterness, sweetness, aroma, body, and so on; single-origin beans, on the other hand, often focus more on showcasing the unique characteristics of one type of coffee. This is also why Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) does not use single-origin beans, but instead uses blended beans to make Americano and other espresso-based coffee beverages.

Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) has roasted four espresso blends in total, each with a different flavor, so everyone can choose according to preference. The espresso bean recommended by many Front Street baristas - Front Street Dark Cocoa Blend Coffee - uses Yunnan coffee and Brazil coffee in a 3:7 ratio. This espresso blend has soft fruit acidity and caramel sweetness.

Front Street's Specialty Blend uses Colombian coffee beans paired with Brazilian coffee beans in a 3:7 ratio. The nutty and chocolate notes unique to Colombian coffee, combined with Brazil's rich peanut and cream flavors, make this espresso blend overall very balanced, with rich crema and an extremely smooth entry, with a slight bitterness characteristic of the Americas within its light aroma, and it is very popular among Front Street customers.

There is also a Commercial Blend coffee bean, using Colombian coffee beans, Brazilian coffee beans, and Robusta coffee beans, with a blending ratio of 3:6:1. The flavor has caramel sweetness, nutty, cocoa-like, and dark chocolate notes, balanced acidity and sweetness, with a slight hint of bittersweetness and a lasting finish.

How to make Americano

Front Street Americano extraction parameters : Grinder: Pegasus 900N Grind size: 1.6 Pressure: 9 bar±2 Temperature: 90.5~96°C Time: 20~30 sec Dose: 20g (double espresso) Yield: 40ml

1. Hot Americano

The traditional Americano ratio is 1:8, but at this ratio the flavor is too light, so Front Street determined its own Americano ratio through experiments. So how should the Americano ratio be determined? The most direct and simple method is to gradually increase the amount of water and taste, finding the ratio suitable for that particular coffee bean.

In the above method, Front Street tasted that when Warm Sun Blend is used to make Americano, the ratio is between 1:4 and 1:5. Then three cups of Americano were made again at 1:4, 1:4.5, and 1:5, and finally 1:4.5 was determined to be the most suitable Americano ratio for Warm Sun Blend beans. At this coffee-to-water ratio, the wine-like charm and cocoa finish of Warm Sun Blend are more prominent, while the body is not lost.

2. Iced Americano

After extracting a double espresso according to Front Street's above extraction parameters, add the espresso according to a 1:7 ratio of espresso to water, stir evenly, and it is ready to drink.

Because the Warm Sun Blend used by Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) has obvious chocolate and wine aromas in flavor, after being made into espresso and added to ice water, the Iced Americano will have a refreshing and smooth mouthfeel, with relatively obvious wine charm, lasting aroma, and a chocolatey finish.

How to taste a cup of coffee ?

Tasting coffee is like tasting tea or wine; what matters is a step-by-step process.

The first step is to smell the aroma, first experiencing the fragrance of a cup of coffee;

The second step is to observe the color; coffee is best when it appears dark brown, clear, and not murky;

The third step is to taste. First take a sip of black coffee to feel the taste of the original coffee. Coffee should enter the mouth with sweetness, slight bitterness, and slight acidity but not astringency. If using Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)'s Sunflower Warm Sun coffee beans, the entry will have obvious fruit acidity accompanied by a light berry aroma, whiskey aroma, and rich chocolate flavor, with a clear sweet aftertaste.

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