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Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice.It was established in 1720 and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy, and one of the oldest in the world (the oldest being Queen's Lane Coffee House in Oxford, [citation needed] founded in 1654).
The main coffee port in Italy is Trieste where there is also a lot of coffee processing industry. [2] Italian coffee consumption, often espresso, is highest in the city of Trieste, with an average of 1500 cups of coffee per person per year. That is about twice as much as is usually drunk in Italy. [3]
The Antico Caffè Greco (pronounced [anˈtiːko kafˌfɛ ɡˈɡrɛːko]; transl. "Old Greek Café"), sometimes simply referred to as Caffè Greco, is a historic landmark café which opened in 1760 on Via dei Condotti no.86 in Rome, Italy. It is the oldest bar in Rome and second oldest in Italy, after Caffè Florian in Venice.
"The Pedrocchi Cafe" became the first of six newspapers, which were named after the coffee house. [1] The ground floor was completed in 1831, while in 1839, the Gothic pastry shop called "Pedrocchino" was built. During the "Fourth Congress of Italian Scientists" in 1842, the rooms of the upper floor were inaugurated.
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (French: ⓘ), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold beverages, such as iced coffee and iced tea , as well as other non-caffeinated beverages.
The Caffè Cova is one of Milan, Italy's oldest pastry shops, delicatessens and coffeehouses, [1] [2] today property of the French group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Founded in 1817 by a soldier, Antonio Cova near the Teatro alla Scala, since 1950 situated in the fashionable Via Montenapoleone, part of Milan's quadrilatero della moda or fashion quadrilateral.
Coffee was a popular beverage in Maltese high society—many coffee shops opened. [38] The first mention of coffee in a European text is in Charles de l'Ecluse's Aromatum et simplicium aliquot medica-mentorum apud Indos nascientum historia from 1575. He learnt of coffee from Alphoncius Pansius in Padua. [39]
The Caffè Gambrinus is a historic, private cafe or coffeehouse in Central Naples, Italy on via Chiaia.It is located in the rear of the Palazzo della Prefettura, which lies in front and to side of the Royal Palace of Naples, both of which face the Piazza del Plebiscito.