As we drove through the coffee drive thru, my americano drinking husband Peter Clarke suggested that we change the name of americanos to Canadianos 🇨🇦

According to Coffee or Die magazine, in a 2019 article by Rob Hardin, during WWII, ‘Americans were accustomed to drip-brewing coffee and adding milk for a lighter taste. Other than espresso, Italians would also drink cappuccino. While this was closer in strength and taste to what Americans were used to, it was much smaller in size. A cappuccino is a 5-ounce serving of espresso with frothy milk, compared to a 16-ounce cup of regular drip coffee.

To accommodate U.S. soldiers, coffee shops started serving shots of espresso in full-size coffee cups and filling up the rest with hot water. Individuals could then add sugar and milk to taste. Word spread quickly about this drink, and it was dubbed the “Americano.” Italians are known to refer to this mixture of their beloved espresso as “dirty water.” ‘

As we all know there would’ve been Canadian soldiers there as well, also complaining about the excellent Italian coffee so please sign my petition in support of this critical change to remove all trace of ‘that’ word from the free world!!

Good coffee doesn’t need to be tainted by that word.

Thanks 🙏🏼