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Comments Received:
"I am just mailing to say thank you for your advice, this coffee pours so well I did not believe that beans in this price range could taste so good, your prompt delivery and high levels of customer service are to be applauded, you will be hearing from us again, for all the right reasons !"
"Many thanks for the coffee, our customers took to it straight away and have commented on the great aroma, as you may recall from our conversation we were previously using elite blends in our prestige bar, we have now decided to use this blend instead."
"Thanks for the great Italian coffee beans, we love them, work well with our la spaziale."
"Amazing crema and really easy to use, so glad we found you !"
"Our coffee drinks are proving to be very popular in the bar and caffe since we started using your Italian Blend, we are selling much more than we used to, please put our comments up if you have anywhere on the site to do so."
"Our Cappuccinos have never been better, not to mention the Latte and Espresso, this blend is brilliant, truly italian."
A Bit about Italian Coffee Drinking Culture.
The coffee shops we see today in the uk high streets and beyond are all, it is fair to say, direct descendants of the shops in Italy which first emerged in the middle of the sixteenth century. Most of these could at first, be found in and around the region of Venice.
These shops were largely occupied by academics and professionals looking for a tasty drink and something nice to eat. Initially coffee was consumed without milk (Cafe Americano), the strong and largely robusta based beverage proved to be too strong for many and so came the inevitable addition of foamed milk and the drink commonly known today as a cappuccino.
Even today it is estimated that in Italy around 60% of all coffee is served as a straight espresso as opposed to a latte or cappuccino with most people starting their day with a double shot, known as a caffè doppio, on their way to work. Another popular way to drink shots in Italy is as a ristretto, this is basically a very long run, short volumed shot known as a caffè stretto.
The long established cafe culture and history of coffee drinking in Italy deifnes the culture and the views of it in strong contrast to that of the UK, many baristas (people who make coffee for a living) stay in the trade for life and are respected as professionals, many are much older than the baristas you see in the uk. Where wages tend to be lower pro rata, working in a coffee shop in the UK is often seen as a gap year or 'fill in' job. Something which needs to, and is starting to change, albeit slowly.