Cappuccino decaffeinated.Ģ6.Un cappuccino con il latte scremato. Does this seem like a nightmare? Think for a moment about the poor barman!Ģ5.Un Cappuccino decaffeinato. A cappuccino with more coffee.Ģ4.Un Cappuccino al vetro. A cappuccino with less coffee.Ģ3.Un Cappuccino scuro. The most famous Italian drink in the world: frothed milk and a good helping of espresso.Ģ2.Un Cappuccino Chiaro. With a dash of whiskey or chocolate liqueur, it becomes a dessert. Serve then filtering the liquid, now iced and frothy. Put plenty of sugar, ice, coffee and shake hard. A great substitute for cold coffee, it is made in a classic Italian Bar shaker. Then the coffee is sugared and poured into the glass.ġ8.Caffè al vetro. Any of the aforementioned coffees, but served in a glass.ġ9.U n caffè macchiato freddo con latte scremato al vetro, and so on and so on…Ģ0.Un caffè shakerato. The other, decidedly more elegant and gourmet, consists in ordering “a coffee and a glass with ice”. The first, simplest, consists of immersing an ice cube in the cup of already sweetened coffee. Typical of the sunny regions of Italy, particularly Sardinia and Sicily, it can be done in two ways. Loved in the summer, impossible to find in the winter season.ġ6.Un caffè con panna. Coffee will be denser and stronger.ġ5.Un caffè freddo. The opposite of the long, is when the flow of water through the machine is switched off earlier than usual. Not two shots of espresso in one, but a single espresso left to siv longer than usual, meaning a slightly more watered down coffee.ġ4.Un caffè ristretto. Simple – A double portion of coffee!ġ3.Un caffè lungo. Very sweet and delivers quite the kick.ġ2.Un caffè doppio. A coffee with Asian inspiration! A personal favorite of mine – an espresso infused with the taste of ginseng. As above, but extra large!ġ1.Un caffè al ginseng. Helps you get to sleep at night.ġ0.Un caffè d’orzo in tazza grande. Coffee has very little to do with it, it is water and soluble barley in a small cup. Attention if driving!ĩ.Un caffè d’orzo in tazza piccola. That is, with the added “gusto” of sambuca or grappa or some other liquor. It means that the customer likes the aroma of black powder but fears its exciting effects, and plans on having an early night.Ĩ.Un caffè corretto. Perhaps how it is served in Morocco?ħ.Un caffè decaffeinato. In principle it is a foamed coffee with added cocoa powder. Here it gets complicated because every bar has its own secret recipe, often with different names. A modern, trendy thing.Ħ.Un caffè marocchino. Similar to macchiato, it consists of pouring some of the steamed milk froth into the cup. As above, with skimmed milkĥ.Un caffè schiumato. Un caffè macchiato caldo con latte scremato. As above, with cold milk.Ĥ.Un caffè macchiato freddo con latte scremato. This means a normal coffee, in a cup, with a dash of hot milk added.ģ.Un caffè macchiato freddo. One does not simply walk into a bar in Italy and order coffee!Ģ.Un caffè macchiato caldo. You will immediately notice the curious look upon the bartenders face, and he may hesitate for a moment to allow you time to add the necessary suffix: con latte? ristretto? corretto? Lungo? and so on. Read carefully, print it out if necessary – because this may all prove vital!ġ. To help with your vacation in Sardinia we have put together some extremely important information. Every bar seemed to be getting fit with espresso machines, and when once someone would just ask for coffee with milk, I was getting asked for things like “ macchiato” and “caffè lungo”. Then there were those customers who would ask for “ espresso decaffeinato” – an espresso with decaff coffee? Surely that’s akin to asking for an alcohol-free tequila?Īnyway, I digress. I used to be a barman myself, and was there when the Italian coffee craze hit the UK. I felt for the barman, who seemed to take it all in his stride. I was pondering this question this morning in my local bar, amongst the delirium of saucers, teaspoons and shoving patrons all going about their usual Italian morning. How to drink Coffee like an Italian: 34 different waysĭid you know how many ways an Italian orders coffee at the bar? Exactly, me neither.
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