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Are you kidding me? Italian latte is milk?!

Published: 2026-06-24 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/06/24, Italy, as the kingdom of coffee, has thousands of cafes and has given birth to many famous coffees such as "Espresso". If so, you think it would be easy to have a cup of coffee in Italy, then you are too young and too easy! First of all, you have to understand that in Italy, its cafe is not called "Caf", but "Bar"! Yes, that's right. In most countries, "Bar"

Italy, as the kingdom of coffee, has thousands of cafes, but also bred "Espresso" and many other famous coffee. If you think it's easy to have a cup of coffee in Italy, you've broken your pattern!

First of all, you have to understand that in Italy, its cafe is not called "Café", but "Bar"! Yes, that's right. In most countries,"Bar" means bar.

For Italians, coffee is a quick treat. I believe you can feel it from the name "Espresso"(Espresso means "very fast" in Italian).

When you enter the Bar, if you want to find a comfortable seat to sit down, you will be hit again. Because in Italian cafes, standing next to the bar is the purest Italian choice, and maybe you can enjoy a half-price discount ~

If you have just finished eating delicious Italian food and it is a sunny afternoon, why not go to the Bar for a cappuccino. You're wrong again! What? What's wrong again?

Italians traditionally do not drink coffee with milk in the afternoon, believing that milk spoils the meal and affects digestion. This may seem far-fetched, but forgive the Italians, for they proudly believe that Italian cuisine is the center of the world!

As evening approaches, you'll want to go back to the Bar for a cup of coffee, but you'll remember the embarrassment of the afternoon, and you'll be glad you know a simple word-Latte, yes, a simple latte.

Then the old master's puzzled eyes look at you again and repeat "Latte?" You nod, and a minute later it's a glass of warm milk?! At this point, you must be shouting in your heart: What are you doing?

But that's the truth. In Italy, Latte means hot milk and latte is called Coffee Latte.

So it's not that easy to order coffee in Italy. So what is the most authentic choice? In fact, it is the simplest cup of coffee without fancy flowers-espresso.

Italian espresso is only about 1/3 the amount of espresso cup, very strong alcohol thick. It tastes like X-Buck or Americano! This is probably one of the reasons why you can't find X Buck in Italy!

Italians love coffee, you can see it in the Italian street "Bar". This results in an average of 24 250g packets of coffee beans per person per year!

Source: Coffee Slow Life

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