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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 12/8/2024 (self.newzealand)
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[–] Dave 3 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Can anyone tell me how a cafe would normally make a long black?

Single or double shot of espresso?

How much water to add?

Online I found things that say a single or double shot plus 100ml of water, but this seems way too much. A standard long black cup may only hold 100ml total? Do I do a double shot with 40ml water added?

[–] liv 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Definitely 2 shots.

In NZ everything is 2 shots unless it's short (a pet hate of mine, a caffe latte shouldn't essentially be a giant flat white wtf nz) but a long black is 2 shots for real.

[–] Dave 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A Long Black is prepared by adding approximately 2/3rds boiling water into a cup then extracting a double shot of espresso (60ml) over the water. [...] Served in a 200-220ml Ceramic Cup.

That makes it about 120ml water, which is in line with the other stuff I read. But I'm not convinced, it seems like too much water. Or my espresso isn't coming out strong enough. Or maybe it's the preparation. I have been doing the espresso first then the water. Maybe I need to try water first, then espresso.

[–] liv 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmm maybe you need a triple shot?

[–] Dave 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe I'm doing something wrong!

[–] liv 2 points 3 months ago

I meant that more as a workaround!

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