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Although coffee is not grown
in Italy, when you talk about
coffee, Italy is the first
country to come to your mind.
The beans are grown elsewhere,
but Italy is considered the
home of coffee and is where
many of the beans are roasted,
where the espresso machines
are made and where making
the perfect espresso, cappuccino
or Cafe Latte has been elevated
to a high art form.
What is cappuccino coffee?
In Italy coffee tastes a
little different everywhere
you go because all regions
like their own coffee best
and coffee is roasted in the
region.
What is espresso coffee?
Like France, Italy's coffee
scene is an integral part
of its culture. However the
emphasis is quite different
- while the French think of
cafés as a place to
relax, spending hours leisurely
drinking coffee, the Italians
treat coffee like a drug rushing
in and out of a cafè
and drinking their coffee
in a minute or two.
This does not mean that Italians
don't taste their coffee or
take their coffee seriously.
The Italian coffee society
is as complex as Italian society
itself with number of rules
about ordering, a wide variety
of different coffees for different
occasions and social disapprovals,
which are frequently broken
by most tourists.
One of the strangest things
about Italian cafes is the
way in which you go about
ordering a coffee.
Many of the larger Italian
cafes make you pay for your
coffee before you go to the
bar to get served - this is
a good way for them to make
sure that no one leaves without
paying.
You first have to get in
line at the cash register
and pay for your coffee. After
you've paid for your coffee
you will get a receipt which
you will then have to take
to the bar and when you give
the reciept to the barrista
he will make your coffee.
You'll have to be fast to
keep up with the locals, who
will have finished their coffee
before you have even had time
to take your first sip.
Would like to know more about
best Italian coffee?
Visit www.lagenovese.net
Text supplied by La Genovese
S.a.s., Albenga.
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