Third wave coffee isn't mainly about espresso in the US, that seems to be an Italian (and Australian) thing. Of course, the US has always had plenty of Italian

Third wave coffee isn't mainly about espresso in the US, that seems to be an Italian (and Australian) thing. Of course, the US has always had plenty of Italians - specifically in SF and NYC, where the rich ones gave us Nancy Pelosi and high end grocery stores, while the poor ones gave us all those mafia movies. I'm not sure if Seattle's coffee shops came from them; I always assumed it was just because the weather made everyone depressed.