• oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I remember heard a story that says that is called “americano” because USians people can’t handle espresso and had to dilue it with water.

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      7 days ago

      It’s a little bit different in Korea. You notice it even more if you watch newer K-dramas. They’ve (mistakenly? Unintentionally?) started calling what you’d normally consider a latte an americano. It’s become extremely trendy at cafes to offer americanos that are definitely not just espresso and water.

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      6 days ago

      I don’t think it’s that they couldn’t handle it. It was soldiers during WWII in Italy, and they wanted drip coffee, like they’d have back home. The only thing available in Italy was espresso, so they watered it down to make something similar to drip coffee.

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      6 days ago

      The Luddites weren’t against technology they was just objecting to their jobs being replaced by machines. Which isn’t really an unreasonable opinion.

      People who just hate technology for the sake of it are technophobes. The sort of people who proudly announce “I don’t do computers” even though apparently they still want to remain employed.

      But we seem to use the two terms interchangeably these days.