Italian Coffee: You need to know

What is coffee?

Coffee is a drink that comes from the tropical evergreen shrub known as the coffee plant and is regarded as the roasted beans as well as the ground seeds from the plant’s ovary. The roasted coffee beans offer a deep, dark-hued, and slightly acidic oral taste, which offers an intensely bitter flavor. Because of caffeine, coffee can be rightfully attributed to the ability to stimulate human senses. It leads to the global consumption of hot beverages, thus fascinating the palates of different individuals globally.

The Italian Brew: It is known as “Caffè”

Italian coffee is believed to be special due to three reasons: the Italians have a way of roasting that is different from the rest of the world and they also have their own way of brewing the coffee and as a result, the aroma of Italian coffee. Italian coffee beans are preferred to be roasted to a black-brown surface so that it can release a strong and robust coffee aroma. Italian coffee blends therefore are generally a combination of various classifications of coffee beans from various sources in addition. Words cannot begin to explain that their coffee has a heavily roasted note, which is unarguable.

The history of first Italian coffee

In 1580, coffee was first imported into Italy. Prospero Alpini was a Venetian botanist as well as physician who introduced the coffee from Egypt to the Republic of Venice for his coffee-house. This was the first time that people started opening one different café after the other this created what could easily be described as the coffee revolution. Soon, coffee became the beverage of choice among intellectuals, a staple at social gatherings, and even a symbol of romance, often accompanied by plates of chocolate, cherished as a romantic gift.

The main Italian coffee port

Italians are well known for their special attention to the preparation, the selection of the blends and the use of accessories when creating many types of coffees. Many of the types of coffee preparation known today also have their roots here. The main coffee port in Italy is Trieste where there is also a lot of coffee processing industry. Espresso is produced the most in the city of Trieste. “An average Italian person” consumes 1500 cups of coffee per year. That is about twice as much as is usually drunk in Italy. An aroma that contains all those bittersweet tones explaining why Italians are so in love with it. Coffee is so deeply rooted in Italian culture that when two people want to hang out, they say that they are going to meet for coffee. 

The variety of Italian coffee

The variety of coffee types in Italy is enormous, with about 20 types of coffee being popular all over the country. Among the most popular Italian coffees are:

• • The Standard Espresso,
  • The Ristretto (a shorter espresso)
  • The Double Espresso
  • The Macchiato (espresso stained with milk)
  • The Marocchino (espresso, chocolate syrup, milk and cocoa)
  • The Cappuccino (espresso with whipped milk foam)
  • The Caffelatte (coffee and milk in similar quantities)
  • The Affogato (a ball of ice cream showered with espresso)
  • The Shakerato (a long espresso mixed with ice and strained)
  • Che caffè Ginseng (black coffee mixed with extract of ginseng)
  • The Cappuccino Matcha (cappuccino where matcha is used instead of coffee)
  • The Caffè D’orzo (barley coffee) and
  • The Caffè con Panna (coffee with whipped cream).