11/4/2022 0 Comments Gran lungo vs coffee![]() With a Lungo, all of the water you are going to use to make your Lungo coffee is pushed through the coffee grounds. They are actually very different and are prepared in a different way with different amounts of water. This can get really confusing because an Americano is a long black coffee, isn’t it? Therefore, an Americano and a Lungo must be the same thing then? Interestingly you cannot order a Lungo in a high street coffee shop in the UK because if you want a long black coffee then you are required to order an Americano. Ground coffee to water ratio What is the difference between a Lungo coffee and an Americano? If you get ti wrong it can easily make the difference between a great-tasting cup of coffee and a terrible one.įind out more about ratio’s in this article: ![]() Using the correct coffee to water ratio is very important. If you are using a regular espresso machine or a bean to cup coffee machine then its best to deliver a double espresso and add water to taste to get yourself a long black coffee rather than pump loads of water through the used coffee grounds. The Lungo button should only be used (100ml of water) with the Lungo capsules. If you only have espresso capsules then press the espresso button (40 ml of water) then eject the capsule and add more water that way for a long black coffee rather than adding more water through the coffee grounds. You should never use an espresso capsule and press the lungo button to get 110ml of water because the coffee will be over-extracted and will adversely affect the flavour. On Nespresso machines, the default water delivery for Espresso is 40ml of water and for Lungo 110ml of water. The coffee is formulated to get the best flavour from more water being delivered with these capsules rather than with Nespresso espresso capsules. In the UK Lungo refers mainly to a type of coffee pod that Nespresso offer as part of their range which they specifically call “Lungo coffee capsules”. Lungo in Italian means “long” and it tends to be served black so when you order a Lungo coffee you are asking for a long black coffee. Similarly, a ristretto has a strong, bold flavor, giving many people the false impression that it must have more caffeine.Coffee made with an espresso machine using more water than you would for espresso turns it into a lungo coffee. Since a lungo is weaker than a standard shot of espresso, they assume it has less caffeine when, in reality, the opposite is true. ![]() On the other hand, a ristretto – sort of the opposite of a lungo – uses less water and extracts for less time than a standard shot and therefore has less caffeine than both a lungo and a standard shot.Ĭaffeine content confuses many people because they associate a coffee’s strength with caffeine content. In a lungo, water has much longer to interact with the coffee grounds, and therefore a lungo will have more caffeine than a standard shot. How much caffeine gets extracted depends on how long water is in contact with the beans. Lungo coffee is indeed weaker than a standard shot, but the differences run deeper than that.Ī standard shot of espresso contains approximately 75 g of caffeine, although the amount can change significantly depending on the machine and coffee beans you use. It is natural to assume that a lungo would simply be a weaker form of espresso since it uses twice as much water with the same amount of coffee, but that wouldn’t be entirely correct. Image Credit: Olga Ignatyeva, Wikimedia Commons How Does it Taste? It might seem odd at first, but in comparison to another popular espresso drink, the short black, it makes sense. You might think that the name comes from the increased amount of time it takes to make a lungo, but most coffee historians attribute the name to the drink’s size in the cup. ![]() A lungo increases both numbers, using a whopping 130 to 170 ml and taking around a minute to pull. Lungo is a type of espresso that uses twice as much water as a standard shot and extracts for about twice as long.Īn ordinary shot of espresso uses between 25 and 60 ml of water and takes 18 to 30 seconds to make. ![]() Lungo is the Italian word for long, which gives you an idea of what lungo coffee might be about right off the bat. ![]()
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