Barbara Zaragoza
bzzaragoza@yahoo.com
Barbara Zaragoza lives in Naples, Italy where she roams the ancient ruins or searches for that next perfect cup of caffe when she is not writing fiction. She also writes a blog The Espresso Break at theespressobreak.blogspot.com.
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| A Tour of Cafe do Brasil's Roasting Factory | Coffee Travel | Cafe do Brasil |
| While coffee originated in the Middle East, coffee historians traditionally give the date of 1615 as the year when Venetian merchants brought the beverage to Italy, thus introducing the dark brew to Europe. But the Campania region new about coffee far before this date. |
| Espresso Twists in Naples, Italy | Coffee Travel | Naples, Italy |
| In Naples an excellent cup of coffee can be found twice on every block. If you ask for coffee and want something that comes in a cup larger than the length of your thumb, Neapolitans either look confused or smirk. For them, coffee is caffe and caffe everywhere else in the world is called espresso. |