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American: a gallon of dark caffeinated liquid that is mostly water mixed with 150 grams of sugar, sweetened milk, sweetened flavouring, sweetener and more sugar and one packet of 'sweet'n'low' for the diabetes
I take offense to this, traditionally American coffee is made with a percolator (a much much stronger coffee) but it was replaced with the very American invention of the Mr. Coffee (the gold standard at the time).
also if you remember that whole Boston tea party thing, it wasn't just dumping tea, tea was seen as a political statement, aligning yourself with the crown and anyone who supported the colonies and Independence would drink the much, much stronger coffee,
the truth is that American coffee has become so ubiquitous that it is the base line of what coffee is and anything else is pointed out as an oddity. America kind of invented coffee, not entirely, it certainly existed elsewhere but they are almost certainly the reason you know about coffee at all, coffee is more American than the American flag, it has been around longer and has a more important part of the foundation of the country. I would say it's so American you could say all those fancy coffees are just cheap knockoffs.
You misspelled "British", badly. Modern coffee and coffee culture is a British concept that followed the British to the USA.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/evolution-of-the-coffee-house-765825
Unless you were trying to claim that the French invention of the percolator is somehow really American.
https://www.sister-mag.com/en/magazine/sistermag-no-60-december-2020/a-short-story-of-the-coffeemaker/
Also, Mr Coffee is the American version of the German invented. Wigomat. It's not an American thing.