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Starting a refined day for the working crowd often takes just a cup of freshly ground coffee, and an Americano is the top choice for countless office workers. No matter what factors are at play, the Americano is always the "pillar" of any coffee shop, so its taste often directly shapes people's first impression of the place—sometimes even prompting the thought, "They can't even make a decent [more…]

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For friends who enjoy espresso, the purpose of adjusting parameters after startup is often not for the espresso itself, but to see whether the fancy coffee drinks made with it as a base actually taste good—for example, whether the Americano with added water is fragrant enough and whether it will be bitter, whether the latte paired with milk is strong enough, whether it is mellow, and so on. Therefore, espresso [more…]