Front Street Coffee believes that coffee itself is not high in calories, and Americano indeed has weight-loss benefits. But if you're used to adding sugar and milk to your coffee, or even going fancy with cream or alcohol... then the calorie count is no simple matter! For example, a single mocha can equal a bowl of white rice in calories? So Front Street thinks that if you want to maintain your weight or lose weight, you must know the following coffee calorie chart...

Americano = 20 calories

An Americano with nothing added has very low calories. After diluting with water, it becomes the common Americano, with only about 20 calories per cup—arguably a more natural, lower-calorie coffee option.

The ingredients of Americano are very simple: just espresso and water. Espresso, as the name suggests, comes from Italy in Europe. Espresso was developed to speed up coffee-making. Originally, espresso referred to a method of making coffee; "espres" means "fast," meaning a cup of black coffee can be made in a very short time.

The rise of Americano begins in the 18th century. At that time, Americans were extremely dissatisfied with the British government's high taxes on tea imports, so in 1773 the "Boston Tea Party" broke out, and people advocated switching to coffee. Gradually, the number of coffeehouses in the United States continued to expand, driving the coffee industry to flourish in America. By the 1880s, about one-third of the world's coffee beans were sold to the United States. During World War II, U.S. allied forces consumed large amounts of coffee every day to alleviate the monotony of life and also to keep soldiers alert.

However, Italians were used to drinking strong espresso, while American soldiers could not get used to such intense bitterness, so they diluted the coffee liquid with water to reach a concentration they could accept. Later, Italians who opened coffeehouses in the United States also "did as the Romans do" and introduced "watered-down coffee" based on espresso, which became very popular. Later, this "watered-down coffee" was called "Americano."

What are some good-tasting Americano coffee beans to recommend?

Since no other ingredients such as milk or sugar are added, Americano allows you to taste more of the coffee beans' original flavor and aroma. At the same time, this also tests the flavor and quality of the espresso even more, and the quality of the espresso depends on the coffee beans themselves. Therefore, to obtain better flavor, you need to buy high-quality freshly roasted coffee beans.

Front Street Coffee is a long-established coffee bean roasting brand. Front Street Coffee's offline store in Guangzhou specializes in selling coffee beans. The store offers dozens of selected single-origin pour-over coffee beans and espresso coffee beans from different coffee-producing regions around the world. Front Street coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days, with stable and excellent quality, highly cost-effective prices, and shipped within 24 hours. For the many coffee lovers out there, here is a list of several Americano coffee beans most recommended on the platform:

1. Front Street. Classic Espresso Blend

Most coffee enthusiasts have only heard of Mamba coffee, but do not know the recipe and origin of "Mamba." In fact, Mamba is a blend of Indonesian Mandheling beans plus Brazilian coffee beans; the flavors complement and harmonize with each other. In Taiwan's early years, Mamba blends were very popular in coffee shops and could be considered an old-school coffee flavor. Front Street Classic Espresso Blend adds Robusta to the Mamba recipe, fully enhancing the coffee's crema and making the espresso's body stronger. It is suitable for home use and for latte art.

2. Front Street. Specialty Espresso Blend

As one of the world's top coffee-producing countries, Brazilian coffee and Colombian coffee have long been famous. Front Street combines coffee beans from these two regions: the nutty aroma and balanced taste of Brazilian coffee plus the chocolate character of Colombian coffee perfectly achieve an effect where one plus one is greater than two. The extracted espresso has flavors of cream cookies, cocoa, and roasted nuts. Suitable for friends who do not like acidity, and for making Americano and lattes.

3. Front Street. Strawberry Candy Espresso

If you want to make an espresso with floral and fruity notes, you should mainly use medium-roast coffee beans. Recommended is Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans, which can be ordered directly from the Taobao or Tmall store. This is a blend based on two major origins: Front Street Costa Rica Tarrazu, known for its honey processing, and Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. On this basis, Colombian coffee beans are added, so the espresso produced is not only not harsh, but under extraction by the coffee machine, it has good crema and a dense texture, while also having a sweet-and-sour taste like strawberry gummy candy. Suitable for making Americano or lattes.

4. Front Street. Bird of Paradise SOE

Like the world-famous Blue Mountain coffee, Papua New Guinea mainly grows the Typica variety. Typica has an elegant flavor, but the plant is weak, has low disease resistance, and is prone to coffee leaf rust. Front Street Coffee believes that the biggest characteristic of the Typica coffee tree is that its top leaves are bronze-colored, so some also call it "red-top coffee." Typica beans are relatively large, forming a pointed oval or slender pointed shape, different from the round beans of the Bourbon variety. Front Street Bird of Paradise SOE has pleasant toasted bread and nutty aromas as well as a sugarcane-like clean sweetness, with high cup clarity.

5. Front Street. Queen's Farm SOE

Front Street Brazil Queen's Farm belongs to the Yellow Bourbon variety, a genetic mutation of Bourbon. Bourbon has always been regarded as outstanding among coffees for its high yield and good quality. Yellow Bourbon is a Bourbon mutation unique to São Paulo State, Brazil. When the coffee cherries ripen, unlike Red Bourbon they do not turn red but instead turn orange-yellow, hence the name Yellow Bourbon. Front Street Queen's Farm SOE has nuts and chocolate, balanced and smooth acidity, very slight bitterness, a clean finish, and an overall thick and soft body.

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