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I think coffee is an habit in most of south-western Europe, and people do drink a lot of it in northern Italy too (how they can manage to drink the stuff is bey
by Dansvidania 12y ago
I think coffee is an habit in most of south-western Europe, and people do drink a lot of it in northern Italy too (how they can manage to drink the stuff is beyond me, though)
U.S. people have Starbucks and as long as they do not try anything else they also manage to enjoy it.
In Naples it is a proper, religious, ritual :D
- L_Rahman 12y agoIt's increasingly a religious ritual in the United States as well but one that is restricted to the subset of people who are customers of roasters and coffee shops that are part of the Third Wave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Wave_Coffee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Wave_Coffee
- carlob 12y agoDon't be too snarky about Starbucks: coffee before Starbucks was much worse than it is now. From the wikipedia article linked in the sibling comment you'll see that Starbucks pretty much sparked the good coffee revolution in the US.
- Dansvidania 12y agoI do understand the role of Starbucks in bringing coffee on the hip-train. I only tried the stuff they sell to our European cousins and now I no longer wonder why there is maybe just one or no Starbucks in Italy. I hope I will be able to try their brew in the US, hopefully it will be better.