Testing James Hoffmann’s Insane Americano Recipe | COFFEE BREAK!
James Hoffmann claims that adding steamed water to your long black creates a better drink… so we put his theory to the test. In today’s Coffee Break we conduct a blind tasting to compare steamed water, boiler water, and water from a kettle. Our very own WBC judge decides–groundbreaking or gimmicky!?
CHAPTERS !
00:00 James Hoffmann’s Steamed Water Americano Theory
01:03 Why Long Blacks and Americanos Are So Inconsistent
02:35 Why Espresso Machine Water Could Be the Problem
03:52 Making the First Steamed Water Long Black
06:34 Blind Taste Test: Boiler Water vs Kettle vs Steamed Water
09:52…
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