Lungo vs. Americano

Lungonoun

An espresso drink made with more hot water than normal

Lungo

Lungo (Italian for ) is a coffee beverage made by using an espresso machine to make an Italian-style coffee – short black (a single espresso shot) with more water (generally twice as much), resulting in a larger coffee, a lungo. A normal serving of espresso takes from 18 to 30 seconds to pull, and fills 25 to 60 millilitres, while a lungo may take up to a minute to pull, and might fill 130 to 170 millilitres.

Americanonoun

a drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water

Americanonoun

a cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda