I feel cheated...

Following on from my last post, I have conducted some research into the "professional" way of making an Americano.

To start off, yesterday we went to Starbucks, where I ordered an Americano and watched to see how they made it. And do you know what? They completely cheated! They poured it out of the big metal coffee vat that lives at the back of the counter! Straight into the mug, and no espresso in sight. Surely that's a filter coffee and not an Americano? More importantly, it wasn't very nice. And they claim to put two shots of espresso in it? Do they hell...

However, today we went into Costa, and I ordered an Americano for comparison purposes. And I'm pleased to report that they do it properly in there. Two shots of espresso, into little shot glasses, which are then poured into the cup, and topped up with hot water. Perfect. And good flavour too.

Starbucks pikeys. Bah.