egoodell
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I think it sometimes depends on where you are in the country. I found while growing up in Europe that just like we have "soda" "pop" and "cola" here in diferent parts of the country, you can order a type of coffee in one place and 10 miles away they don't know what you are talking about.I have to respectfully disagree, I spent 1.5 years living in Tuscany when I was a bit younger and being a barista was the only job I could get because my Italian is so poor. If you order a cafe, you will get an espresso, no one in Italy or most of Europe really knows any other type of coffee and they don't usually have US style coffee pots at all. A 'latte' as we think of it in the US, doesn't exists in Italy either, it just means you want milk in your coffe,which is alwats served warm, akin to a cafe au lait in france. At home, most people use a moka or a mangenette, which is a stove top espresso maker that you boil, and then flip to brew the coffe when it's ready. A moka makes coffee a bit thinner than a pro espresso machine, but it's nowhere near US coffee in taste or consistency. A few places, like hotels in Roma and Firenze will have 'American Style' coffee available at breakfast for tourists, but this is somewhat uncommon as well. A cafe 'Americano' is espresso and boiling water. Just my two cents as a coffe junkie..
For example, when we were in Vienna, Austria, we loved ordering the "Einspinner" coffee. That's coffee with whipped cream on top instead of milk. When we drove to the next town and tried to order it nobody knew what the heck we were talking about.
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