Recipe Making an Americano (Italian for “American Coffee”) at home is really simple.It’s not that hard if you know a few tricks.It is one of the most popular drinks. This type of coffee has its origins in the Second World War when Italian baristas were trying to imitate the shape and taste of the so-called filter coffee that soldiers from the United States used to drink. It is the typical espresso coffee where water is added to make it softer. The water slightly dilutes the espresso giving you the volume of a drip, but with an espresso taste. It’s an espresso drink, but instead of milk, an Americano is infused with hot water. You can add cream and sugar, but connoisseurs say that the idea is to keep the amount of milk or cream to a minimum to appreciate its taste much more. making an americano might seem like you’re just pouring hot water into an espresso, but there is more to the recipe than that much more, for some coffee lovers. And the difference between a caffè americano vs. regul...