As a fellow Italian (also from Roma), I fully support all your points. I often have a cappuccino in the evening in lieu of dinner, and wouldn’t bat an eye at pe

As a fellow Italian (also from Roma), I fully support all your points. I often have a cappuccino in the evening in lieu of dinner, and wouldn’t bat an eye at people having it at any time of the day, except, as you write, immediately before/after (or during!) a meal. I wonder what they have in place of taste buds when they do that. I met a wonderful, wonderful lady from Poland who is the joy of my heart, but she once had a cappuccino right after herrings and it was so shocking it’s giving me flashbacks.