Once you've learned how to spell cappuccino the next step is learning how to make the perfect cup of Italian morning coffee.

You might think that every Italian coffee bar makes a decent cappuccino drink, but far from it, which proves that making one is more of an art of a science.

With this in mind, and especially the scalding, colored froth massacres you might order from your favorite international coffee chain, the President of the Green Party in Italy has proposed making cappuccino a DOC, like wine and olive oil.

This would certify your morning drink as the real thing, and not an imposter in plastic clothing.

For the record, the perfect cappuccino should be made of 25ml coffee and 125ml milk, with the latter not heated beyond 55°c. 

The color will also be regulated to ensure a 'tonalità nocciola tendente al color testa di moro con riflessi rossicci ornati e striature chiare'.

Approximately translated, that's a hazelnut to a brown hair color with reddish clear swirls.

The name cappuccino derives from Marco d'Aviano a cappuccino (little hood) friar who participated in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

After the defeat of the Ottoman Turks, he recovered sacks of coffee from the scene and apparently invented the drink.