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Goodbye americano, hello long black? The new coffee order that's becoming a UK favourite (www.euronews.com)

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[–] ccunning 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s essentially an americano but reversed. Instead of hot water being poured over a double espresso, the coffee shots are added to hot water to better preserve the crema

[–] Melonpoly 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is there any taste difference at all?

[–] jimmy90 3 points 1 week ago

the long black is supposedly quicker to make, with an improved texture and taste due, in part, to the hot water having cooled slightly by the time the espresso is added

it sounds like marketing wank. i think the article alludes to that further on. i have strong colombian style cafetiere coffee (aka swedish coffee). it's fucking great

[–] gerbler 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The aroma would be better since the crema isn't destroyed by dumping hot water on it. Your average coffee drinker probably won't notice a difference but half the experience is in the mind. Long Black's are extremely common in Australia.

Funnily enough, I once worked at a Starbucks in Canada where our Americanos were actually long blacks just by a quirk in how our line was set up. You'd fill the hot water first before it got to the barista.

[–] Melonpoly 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The aroma would be better since the crema isn't

So your coffee will just smell better but taste the same? I don't see how "destroyed" crema changes anything other than how your coffee looks.

[–] Arrkk 2 points 1 week ago

Actually it will taste more bitter, try this: make an espresso shot, and scrape off the crema. Stir the shot and taste. Then taste the crema. You'll notice that the crema has significantly more bitterness than the rest of the shot and actually tastes kinda bad on its own.

So a long black once fully mixed will taste very similar if not identical to an Americano, but before that it can be a more dynamic drink that allows you to experience more angles of your coffee over time rather than a singular experience that's the same all the way through.