Thursday, December 14, 2006

VARIOUS VARIETIES OF ITALIAN COFFEE

I live and work in Italy for the last one year, one of the most striking things that I found about Italians was that they are great lovers of coffee.In fact offering coffee is considered to be a sign of good will.Italians drink coffee in the morning, afternoon after the lunch and in the night after having dinner (officially)-they may be drinking more in between also.
In my company there are coffee machines in each and every floor of our 6 storied building-all people from a common labourer to the manager loves to drink coffee.I have a friend working in my company who worked for the Italian coffee machines maker Saeco some years back.
Italian coffee is different from Indian coffee and sometimes Indians may find it them too strong to drink-but Italians are used to these things anyway-even a friendly talk begins over a cup of coffee.I have a coffee making machine in my house-Italians call it Caffetierà(of the Moka company).The various types of coffee available in Italy are-
Caffè Espresso(Is a very strong coffee without milk), Caffè Lungo(more in quantity with milk), Caffè macchiato, Cappuccino(common nowadays in India also in big cities), Cappuccino con cioccolato(Cappuccino with chocolate),Moccaccino,Latte Macchiato(very similar to Indian coffee), Caffè Decaffeinato, Caffè Macchiato Decaffeinato,Cappuccino Decaffeinato, Caffè d'orzo(coffee with oats in it), Caffè d'orzo Macchiato,Cappuccino d'orzo(Cappuccino with oats-orzo in Italian means oats).
In my office there are many coffee vending machines and we can select anyone of these by using the coffee key(la chiavè per caffè).Apart from there there are places called "Bar" where they sell coffee at a much higher price.The most intriguing thing I found in Italy is that there is no 'Cold Coffee' available-I tried this first in India in Vijayawada in a Caffè Coffee day franchise.

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