<p>A lungo is an espresso that is pulled for longer and thus more water flows through the grounds. Plainly speaking it's just a bad way to dilute espresso, because you are extracting more of the bitter compounds that you don't actually want to have in the coffee.</p>

<p>If you want to fill two cups at the same time, you'll have to use a double basket (with two spouts), which means that you will also pull a double shot automatically. Using the double basket means that you also need double the amount of coffee as compared to a single basket (with one spout).</p>

<p>So pulling with a double basket will give you two separate lungo shots, one in each cup. If you put a large cup under both spouts you will get a double lungo.</p>

<p>The better way to dilute espresso is to fill the cup with water (to your taste and strength preference) and pull a regular shot in the cup with water already in it in order to make an americano.</p>

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this answer contains multiple falsities. a lungo is not just pulled longer. priperly done it should not be bitterer than an espresso. and a double spout and double basket are not dependent on each other.
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<p>A lungo doesn't taste like a normal shot, so half a lungo won't, either.</p>
<p>If, on the other hand, you are asking if half a lungo will taste like a single lungo, the answer is mostly yes and partly no. Yes because you're pulling a lot of water through those grounds and no because a double dose of grounds will contain more fines than a single dose, and the fines will not be evenly distributed between the two cups (unlike a single, where all fines that get pushed through during brewing end up in the same shot).</p>

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<p>I have a quick question.
I know that lungo is less concentrated than a regular shot of espresso, so if I pour a lungo into two cups at the same time, as I guess most machines would let me do, will I get the equivalent of pouring two separate espresso shots, or will I just get a weaker tasting espresso in each cup?
Should I instead use a double lungo for this?</p>

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Pouring lungo into two cups
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# Pouring lungo into two cups

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-02)

I have a quick question.
I know that lungo is less concentrated than a regular shot of espresso, so if I pour a lungo into two cups at the same time, as I guess most machines would let me do, will I get the equivalent of pouring two separate espresso shots, or will I just get a weaker tasting espresso in each cup?
Should I instead use a double lungo for this?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-02. Score: 1

A lungo is an espresso that is pulled for longer and thus more water flows through the grounds. Plainly speaking it's just a bad way to dilute espresso, because you are extracting more of the bitter compounds that you don't actually want to have in the coffee.

If you want to fill two cups at the same time, you'll have to use a double basket (with two spouts), which means that you will also pull a double shot automatically. Using the double basket means that you also need double the amount of coffee as compared to a single basket (with one spout).

So pulling with a double basket will give you two separate lungo shots, one in each cup. If you put a large cup under both spouts you will get a double lungo.

The better way to dilute espresso is to fill the cup with water (to your taste and strength preference) and pull a regular shot in the cup with water already in it in order to make an americano.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: this answer contains multiple falsities. a lungo is not just pulled longer. priperly done it should not be bitterer than an espresso. and a double spout and double basket are not dependent on each other.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-10-25. Score: 0

A lungo doesn't taste like a normal shot, so half a lungo won't, either.

If, on the other hand, you are asking if half a lungo will taste like a single lungo, the answer is mostly yes and partly no. Yes because you're pulling a lot of water through those grounds and no because a double dose of grounds will contain more fines than a single dose, and the fines will not be evenly distributed between the two cups (unlike a single, where all fines that get pushed through during brewing end up in the same shot).


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