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Silent Runner May 2023 8:08pm, 29 May 2023 946 posts	0 Silent Runner You're welcome
RunningRonnie Jun 2023 8:18am, 1 Jun 2023 2,662 posts	0 RunningRonnie Why this country doesn't understand the Long Black concept in coffee. Like a double espresso, but then with a bit of water added. No, we have the choice of a tiny, extra strong coffee... or a bucket of weak, watery stuff. Nothing in between.
Steve NordRunner Jun 2023 9:17am, 1 Jun 2023 3,015 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Do you mean an americano or a lungo, RunningRonnie? Sounds like the latter. It reminds me of when a genuine Italian restaurant opened near me. At opening, I asked the Italian waiter for a latte and received a glass of milk. Now, I'm always careful to specificy a cafe americano, not waiting some kind of new world cowhand to come.
Steve NordRunner Jun 2023 9:17am, 1 Jun 2023 3,016 posts	0 Steve NordRunner …wanting…
RunningRonnie Jun 2023 11:49am, 1 Jun 2023 2,663 posts	0 RunningRonnie Yeah, I think a Lungo is the Italian name for it. I've always ordered it in France - "café allonge"
NDWDave Jun 2023 11:51am, 1 Jun 2023 18,235 posts	0 NDWDave Yep - and my take on the flat white is a latte with about half the milk.
larkim Jun 2023 11:56am, 1 Jun 2023 21,203 posts	0 larkim Technically a lungo doesn't have extra water added to it - it's just a long shot run through an espresso puck (I believe) to give a ratio of maybe 1:3.5/4 coffee grounds to water. 17g coffee to 68g of coffee extracted in about 40-50s An americano would be a normal shot (probably a double) of 1:2 ratio coffee grounds to water (extracted in about 25s) then topped up with about 2x the amount of extra water; so a 17g puck, 34g espresso, with 68g of water.
cackleberry Jun 2023 11:59am, 1 Jun 2023 3,110 posts	0 cackleberry [Glad I drink tea... much less confusing]
Pale Skinny Vegan Jun 2023 10:04am, 2 Jun 2023 396 posts	0 Pale Skinny Vegan People who won't go on Facebook because "it's full of idiots" as if real life is any better.
cackleberry Jun 2023 4:00pm, 2 Jun 2023 3,115 posts	0 cackleberry People who won't go on Facebook because "it's full of idiots" as if real life is any better. Ha, they need to curate their friends list better!!