I really enjoy a cappuccino, with all that warm steamed milk and double espresso...it really starts off my day. Do you like cappuccino's?
LOVE them. Though now it's almond milk for me! And having a cappucino IN Italy is pretty darn close to heaven ;-)
Well, I've never had one in Italy, but would love it! I like cappuccinos with cream too, maybe a dab of cinnamon as well.
*When* you have one in Italy, just remember they consider it *purely* a breakfast beverage. They find the Starbucks culture of cappucinos-around-the-clock bad form, to say the least (and they would not like my almond milk substitution...)
the former Austria in the first decades of the 20th century. The drink has since spread worldwide and can be found at a number of establishments.
Definition.
Outside of Italy, cappuccino is a coffee drink that today is typically composed of double espresso and hot milk, with the surface topped with foamed milk. Cappuccinos are most often prepared with an espresso machine. The double espresso is poured into the bottom of the cup, followed by a similar amount of hot milk, which is prepared by heating and texturing the
"cap" of milk foam "monk's head", although it originally had nothing to do with the name of the beverage.
Although coffee was brewed differently all over Europe after the Second World War, in Italy, the real espresso machines became widespread only during the 1950s, and "cappuccino" was redefined, now made from espresso and frothed milk (although far from the quality of "microfoam" steamed milk today). As the espresso machines improved, so did the dosing of coffee and the heating of