The "machiato" referenced here is the Starbucks "macchiato," which is technically a latte macchiato (milk stained with coffee). In most places, "macchiato" refers to an espresso macchiato (espresso stained with milk).
The story behind the Americano will be forever funny to me.
In Europe, espresso is the normal form that coffee is consumed in. Americans have been drinking (American-style) coffee for some time now.
During WW1, when US soldiers had taken over Italy and were stationed there, GIs would go out and try to get coffee, but only find espresso. Wanting a big cup to sip on, the Americans would order an espresso and a cup of hot water. Italian shopowners would watch Americans pour the espresso in the hot water to have more to sip on, and so, voila, it became a drink known as the "Americano".
Edit: Well, this blew up. I now have half a dozen people correcting my typo. This was during WW2, not WW1. I have shamed my username.
pgm123 on August 28th, 2018 at 14:14 UTC »
The "machiato" referenced here is the Starbucks "macchiato," which is technically a latte macchiato (milk stained with coffee). In most places, "macchiato" refers to an espresso macchiato (espresso stained with milk).
Historybuffman on August 28th, 2018 at 14:23 UTC »
The story behind the Americano will be forever funny to me.
In Europe, espresso is the normal form that coffee is consumed in. Americans have been drinking (American-style) coffee for some time now.
During WW1, when US soldiers had taken over Italy and were stationed there, GIs would go out and try to get coffee, but only find espresso. Wanting a big cup to sip on, the Americans would order an espresso and a cup of hot water. Italian shopowners would watch Americans pour the espresso in the hot water to have more to sip on, and so, voila, it became a drink known as the "Americano".
Edit: Well, this blew up. I now have half a dozen people correcting my typo. This was during WW2, not WW1. I have shamed my username.
typesfuriously on August 28th, 2018 at 15:19 UTC »
Better explanations:
http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/12
http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/168