How to Get the Closest Thing to American Coffee Around the World

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It may have sugar but its unlikely to have milk.

In a cafe that serves espresso, you’re free to find an Americano or French press coffee.

Its only ever served steamed.

Asking for cold milk to pour in your coffee will get you lots of confused looks.

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Look for Nescafe 3-in-1, an instant coffee that includes sugar and cream.

Iced coffee will come pre-sweetened.

Elsewhere, ordering coffee will likely get you Nescafe.

Its somewhere between an espresso and an Americano in strength.

For a cold coffee drink, look for cafe glace for iced coffee, though its rare.

(Sylvia, a travel writer, would only say, It exists.)

A cafe frappe will be a sweet, blended version.

Which are just what they sound like.

But always served with a glass of ice water, so you’re free to dilute if needed.

Cafe Americano!

(Your hot water may come on the side.)

If you want cream on the side, ask for panna per caffe.

American-style iced coffee and slush coffee (called barad, which means hail) are both common.

Lee, who lives in Tokyo, also told me that convenience stores often have drip coffee, too.

Otherwise, its the good ole Americano for you.

Iced coffee will get you a sweet treat.

Ordering an Americano should workyoull get espresso with hot water.

(Milk will only come steamed.)

And its quite a bit stronger than American coffee.

But Swedens pride in its coffee isnt preventing Americanization.

you’re free to even find cold brew in some bigger cities.

Otherwise, espresso drinks are more commongo for an Americano.

you could order black coffee and what youll get is an Americano.

Iced coffee is, even in the heat of summer, alas, extremely not a thing.