Nikas Culinaria

I posted the following article (Part 1 of 2 actually) at The Spirit World, a blog in the Well Fed Network.

Please go on by The Spirit World and The Well Fed Network and cruise all the amazing articles we have been putting up there!

I promise you will learn a thing or two.

Italian Coffee

As a counterpoint, of sorts, to the post on Italian Grappa, this post will discuss that OTHER amazing drink, Italian Coffee.

As you likely know, there is more to Italian coffee than espresso and cappuccino. Thanks to Starbucks and local cafés across the US, we have developed a taste for Lattes and Frapuccinos and many other drinks that may have never seen the light of day in Italia. (Except for the Starbucks there, I suppose). There are plenty of indigenous Italian coffees that deserve our attention and I will mention a few here, with their recipes.

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