2ITALIANS AREN’T TIMID WHEN IT COMES TO COFFEE

When you walk into a caffé or bar in the morning and order un caffé (coffee), don’t be surprised when what you get is an espresso; that is what Italians call coffee.

When Italians go to countries that serve coffee in the American style, that is, large mugs filled with drip coffee, most of them call it acqua sporca (dirty water), alluding to the fact that, compared to what they drink, it is mostly water..