Learn about the three ways to prepare long coffee
There are many ways to make coffee, but each of us may prefer it differently. And of course, it can also influence what time of day we feel like it. An example of this is the long coffee. A drink that, no matter how simple it is, has different ways of preparation, which if you don't know any of them, can cause confusion when ordering.
If you are hosting a meeting at home, with friends or family, or if you are in the hospitality industry, it is essential that you know how to differentiate the different ways of making long coffee, taking into account its flavor and aroma characteristics. This will give us confidence when we ask our guests or clients how they want their drink and finally surprise them with something delicious.
That said, Incapto Coffee, invites you to continue reading and discover more about long coffee, as well as its different types of preparation, so that you can check which of these you can prepare at home without complications.
What is long coffee?
Of Italian nationality, café lungo (long in Spanish), is characterized by being one of the mildest espresso variants. But it is much more bitter, this is because the extra hot water passes through the ground coffee, extracting components that are normally undissolved.
Long coffee is prepared in a typical moka or espresso maker and contains more water than a single coffee. Regarding its preparation time, it can take up to a minute and takes 50 to 60 ml of water. Unlike espresso, which takes between about 18 and 30 seconds, and contains between 25 and 30 ml of water.
Oddly enough, the more water passes through the ground coffee, the more bitter the drink turns out to be. If less water is used, it makes it have a strong but at the same time delicious flavor, but it would no longer be a long but a ristretto.
In short, this coffee produces more infusion than a conventional or short espresso. This without the need to add additional water and is usually served in cups or long glasses.
Types of preparation
As we have highlighted above, in this article, we will give you three options to prepare this delicious coffee, in an easy and fast way, from the comfort of your home. At the same time, this will help you identify it when placing your order in any bar or cafe.
Double shot
We start with the first form of preparation. It is known as the double charge or double shot. This option is ideal for those who prefer a very intense coffee and who are left wanting more when they drink a ristretto or the popular espresso. The good news about all this is that it is very easy to do.
Now, if we use the super automatic coffee maker Incapto Coffee, you will realize that it is as simple as making two espressos in the same cup. But those who decide to prepare it in a professional machine, it is about using the arm of two coffees, or a “naked” with a large pot in the same cup.
In the latter, we know that it will be somewhat expensive, because we would be using twice as much coffee. This does not mean that it has to be double the price, because in the end, the work is the same, as is the cup.
American
With this option, what we want is a smoother and longer coffee. Typically, an Americano is a coffee prepared in a filter machine. However, we can make this adapted version with an espresso machine. And it cannot be denied that the result is magnificent.
The first step is to prepare espresso coffee, which we will later lengthen with clean hot water.
It is advisable to have a kettle, for several reasons. One of them is that, if you use hot water from the super-automatic coffee maker and you have not purged well before and after, we run the risk of finding traces of milk, which you had previously heated. As well as changing the flavor of the drink.
On the other hand, if you use hot water from a professional machine, you must keep in mind that, in most of these coffee makers, the water is in contact with the metal boiler, at a very high temperature, for a long time, something that would also affect the taste of the water and its properties.
The team of experts at Incapto Coffee, recommends that we be the first to try it ourselves. To do this, use three glasses. One with water heated with a kettle, another with water from the super-automatic coffee maker and finally, one from a professional machine. Then wait for it to cool a little, and check if all three have the same color. As you well know, coffee is more than 98% water. That is why this considerably affects the drink.
Make it as long as possible
This third method is the most used by everyone, which to tell the truth, manages to enhance unpleasant bitter flavors. That is, make the coffee as long as you want, passing all the water through the coffee pod. That is why we will soon explain what is known as complete delivery of an espresso coffee. That is, the time it takes to fall into our cup.
To do a small tasting, and check the change in flavor, depending on the delivery time. We will divide into three glasses, 10 seconds each. We will leave the last one for more seconds, just like when you lengthen a coffee. With the purpose of evaluating which flavors predominate in our drink. When we lengthen the coffee this way.
We have no doubt that, from this moment on. You will surprise your guests or clients when you ask them the following when ordering a long coffee... Do you like it long because you prefer it very intense and you always want more? Or because you like it milder? Or do you simply want it more bitter? According to their answers, you can prepare each one a long coffee adapted to their preferences.
