Recently, "ginger ale americano" has become popular again in the coffee world. This drink, made by mixing ginger ale with espresso, has attracted many enthusiasts with its unique spicy ginger flavor and fizzy sensation. Manner launched this product years ago, and recently posts sharing homemade ginger ale americanos have clearly increased. However, after searching, Front Street found that americanos made with different brands of ginger ale receive highly polarized reviews. To figure out which ginger ale is most suitable for making a ginger ale americano, Front Street bought three popular products that are easy to find offline—Schweppes, Watsons, and Bundaberg—and first tasted them on their own before testing them separately with the medium-dark roast Warm Sun Blend and the light roast Geisha. They were compared one by one across dimensions such as sweetness, ginger flavor, fizz, and coffee compatibility, to help everyone find the one that best suits their taste. [more…]