An Americano isn’t coffee.
It’s a watered down espresso.
The only reason it exists is because Americans visiting Europe would ask for coffee, and many euro coffee shops only had espresso, so they just added hot water to espresso and that was close enough for the tourists.
At least, that was what I heard.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
By “a black coffee”, do you mean drip/filter coffee? Because a caffe lungo is also a black coffee, for example