Cappuccino: when coffee meets milk

Article written by Michele Sergio published in IL ROMA on 22 April 2018 The Italians’ favorite breakfast is undoubtedly a croissant and a cappuccino. Two are the only ingredients to make cappuccino: coffee and hot milk. The commercial…

The historic cafés of Italy

The coffees. Places of art and letters, heritage to defend Article by Michele Sergio published on L’Espresso Napoletano of April 2018 Stendhal, Wagner, Goethe, Casanova and even Buffalo Bill spent time there. At the Antico Caffè Greco…

The five rules for a perfect Neapolitan espresso.

Article by Michele Sergio published in Il Roma of 25 March 2018 Coffee in Naples, you know, is a serious matter and the Neapolitan one is unanimously recognized, for goodness and tradition, as the best. In the morning, above all, the…

Coffee bar vs home-made coffee: who wins?

Article written by Michele Sergio and published in “Il Roma” of 25 February 2018 The world of coffee lovers has always been split in two: the supporters of espresso, the one prepared in bars, contend the primacy of the best coffee to the…

The bartender in Naples

Article by Michele Sergio published in L’Espresso Napoletano of the month February 2018 The bartender’s one of the most common jobs in our city; nothing surprising considering that Naples is among the cities with the highest density of…

What are the historic cafés of Naples

Article by Michele Sergio published in Il Roma on 11 February 2018 We are in Naples in the late 1700s, a cosmopolitan city, very lively and in constant ferment, permeable to any novelty in terms of taste, fashion and customs, from beyond…

Neapolitan gourmet coffee

Article by Michele Sergio published on IL ROMA on 28 January 2018 Over the decades the coffee offer of the Neapolitan bars has been gradually enriched, with many variations to the traditional espresso and new recipes, original ways of…

Naples between coffee and law

Article by Michele Sergio published in “L’Espresso Napoletano” of January 2018 Nicola Valletta the jurist who made the coffee Neapolitans fall in love At the end of the XVIII century Naples is among the liveliest, most populous and…