When in Rome - The Best Cappuccino & Gelato
I've often wondered how Italians became 'the' global coffee cognoscenti. After all, there are no coffee beans grown in Italy; beans are imported from the tropics and roasted, ground, and consumed in Italy in vast quantities.
It's the ritual of coffee in Italy that has risen above all others, and been embraced world-wide as the favourite coffee rite of many in the western world. Espresso, cappuccino, americano and caffe latte. These are 'foreign' words, lovingly repeated a million times across North America every day.
For a coffee loving traveller, Italy is indeed nirvana; the promised land. While you can go into any local Bar and have a very good espresso nearly anywhere in the country, here are our two favorites for those visiting the heart of the eternal city - Rome.