So true. That's at least one of the reasons we load up coffee with sugar & cream in North America. In Italy I never felt like adding anything to the espresso.

So true. That's at least one of the reasons we load up coffee with sugar & cream in North America. In Italy I never felt like adding anything to the espresso. But Americanos from Starbucks in Canada taste like a cup of mud, without a flavour shot or something else to mask the real taste.