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We call that "an American" coffee in Mexico, as in un café americano or un americano. It used to trip me up because I expected café negro. Odd regionalisms, I guess.
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Americano is usually espresso with water, no? I guess I just assume it’s not what Americans generically call “black coffee” which is drip coffee. If I ordered Americano most places outside the US I’d expect the espresso version, not drip.
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You're right, that's what it is, but I think it's a misappropriated loanword. If you go to a diner and order un americano you'll get instant coffee with sugar or cream on the side.
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TIL. Haven’t been hit with that yet, but good to know. What country(ies) is the instant Americano popular in? Been plenty of places that have plain black coffee in dispensers that I assumed were drip, concentrate, or similar.