Back From Coffee Eden

Photo by LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472109)
Switzerland
June 9, 2017 7:41am CST
Earlier this morning, we crossed the border, as my husband needed an Italian magazine, not available locally. We arrived that the store was still closed, so I asked to find a cafe to have a good Italian coffee. We entered a quiet cafe offering a great choice of coffees and pastries. I skipped the pastries, but I could not resist and ordered two different coffees. An espresso and an "affogato". The affogato is a hot espresso poured over two small balls of vanilla ice cream. Both the coffee and the gelato were very good. The next time I want to try a Marocchino (espresso, hot chocolate and milk foam) and a Viennese (espresso, whipped cream and cocoa). Did you already had your coffee today? If you need a translation for a coffee you see in the photo, let me know in your comment.
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101 responses
@Kandae11 (55175)
9 Jun 17
I am tempted to go and have a cup right now - but it will be plain old decaf.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
It's too late in the afternoon for a coffee now, I would be unable to sleep.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@Kandae11 It's 5:35 p.m. here now.
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@Kandae11 (55175)
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Its now 10.30 in the morning in my part of the world.
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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
9 Jun 17
Just curious: when you cross the border, do you have a lot of questioning?
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
Not at all, we park the car in Swiss territory and cross walking, nobody even ask our documents.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@MALUSE If the Italians are "on duty" (they are most of the time discussing football among them), they have the usual stupid questions: "how much money to you bring to Italy?" "Do you have checks?" "Is the car yours?", it's just to show they do their job.
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
9 Jun 17
One Cappuccino Please! sounds good..Good morning
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
We surely know that Italians only drink cappuccino in the morning. Good afternoon to you.
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@ptrikha_2 (47097)
• India
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I once read an article in a magazine where a person described his visit to Italy. He said that he was offered coffee many times a day by the host and could not refuse the host.
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• Germany
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck ..Gosh..I am half spanish and half filipino
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@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
Can I have a Machiatto?lol I had my coffee this morning
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@Shavkat (140131)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I prefer with hot milk.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@Shavkat I also prefer with hot milk.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
Macchiato caldo or macchiato freddo (it means with hot milk or cold milk inside?)
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@antonbunot (11093)
• Calgary, Alberta
10 Jun 17
O, I did . . and always do. Every morning (unless it is snowing heavily) I go to our favorite Tim Hortons to buy large cups of coffee for my son, daughter-in-law, and me and muffins and donuts..
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I make muffins at home and I grind my coffee beans every morning to make coffee. It's very expensive to have coffee outside here in Switzerland and it's not as good as the coffee I make at home.
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@just4him (317315)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Jun 17
I'm glad you enjoyed your coffee. They sound good. I'm not a coffee drinker. I drink tea.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
Italians like coffee and I started to drink coffee when I was a very young girl. I never liked the taste of tea.
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@just4him (317315)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck And I'm just the opposite.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Jun 17
Oh yes, I have had several coffees so far today. I hate the modern system of a myriad of coffees. Back in the good old days I could simply ask for a coffee and receive one, whereas now I am bombarded with a list of 20 or so totally undecipherable names.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
All those in the photos are not "new" all have been served in Italy since I was a very little girl. Now there are weird coffees that I do not even want to try. Not to mention all those that are now called LATTE. I cannot understand the reason, because Latte is the Italian word for MILK.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
9 Jun 17
I start my day with a cup of coffee. I want a Cappuccino What is the Viennese? Never heard about it before
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck i have always preferred cappuccino but I also like to try other types of coffee. I don't really like plain coffee. I always like milk in mine
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
@Nawsheen I like black coffee, but I also like a bit of real cream or whole milk.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
A Viennese is an espresso topped with whipped cream and dusted with cocoa. I like cappuccino.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Jun 17
I know only a few names in the list. Really a coffee Eden. I will have a corretto with an old grappa, it will remind me good memories, but only after my dinner please.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck In this area in the countryside they have often a cruet of 70° cognac on the table for the coffee, and you have to drink it in the morning to not displease people. At least a man, as a woman you would be able to escape to the white cognac.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@topffer This is a habit they have in the upper east Italian region (Trentino Alto Adige), well they still consider themselves more Austrian than Italian, I can understand. Even the women in the morning asked for a strong grappa and a coffee and then they left to start their work.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
I avoided the corretto ONLY because it was morning. I do not drink coffee in the evening, on Sundays I have a corretto after lunch. I love French Marc more than the Italian grappa.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
I had coffee, the usual instant Nescafe
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck There is nothing wrong with Nescafé, especially Nescafé Gold Blend.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
Oh Lord, this is not coffee.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@Asylum I cannot stand the taste. I only had time by time in the United States.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Jun 17
Good morning. I did have my coffee today, it's mocha flavored. Yum! =) I hope you enjoyed yours.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Its a frappucino from starbucks.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
What is mocha flavored? May be it is chocolate flavored?
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 17
@LovingMyBabies Oh, I see, we do not have Starbucks here, I will check what is a Frappuccino.
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• United States
9 Jun 17
I used to love espresso, but once I started with kidney stones I had to get stop drinking it and sold my machine and all my little cups and tiny spoons! I can drink one cup of regular coffee a day - that's all. If I want to drink decaf then I could drink more but decaf is horrible!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I drink an American coffee in the morning and an espresso after lunch. I have a small espresso machine that makes a very good coffee. I do not like decaffeinated.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
@AbbyGreenhill I have the same feeling, decaf and instant are not at all coffee.
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• United States
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Decaf and instant I don't consider coffee.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Jun 17
I'd need a few of them translating.... except the nutellino.... which I would like to try... I love nutella... and perhaps try the one you had too ....
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
Nutellino is the only one I will never try, I do not like Nutella at all, it's too fat and sticky.
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@dianadee (1778)
• South Africa
9 Jun 17
What an amazing coffee shop or cafe you were able to visit. Love a hazelnut flavoured cappaccino!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I like a real plain cappuccino, but it's something I ask in winter, now it's too hot.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
@dianadee I never drink a regular cappuccino in summer, it is really too hot, but I like a frozen cappuccino, this is also very good.
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@dianadee (1778)
• South Africa
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I can drink it come hail or sunshine.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
10 Jun 17
Nutellino sounds good!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I do not like Nutella, so this is not something I would ever order.
@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@sol_cee Not at all, I know many who dislike Nutella. My niece is like me, she received a bit jar of 1 Kg and she immediately gifted back to someone else without even opening it.
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
11 Jun 17
@LadyDuck and here I thought everyone's crazy about nutella.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
10 Jun 17
I love how you try different coffees, just like your sister does! I stick with American, espresso, Irish, and cappuccino here, but try unusual ones when I travel abroad. You didn't even need a pastry with your affogato!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
LOL, this is why I renounced to the affogato, because I had the gelato with the coffee.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@DianneN He got many more than one He found "interesting magazines about antiques", now I cannot let him out alone.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Good thinking! I hope your husband got his magazine!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jun 17
oh, the terms of each coffee- i cannot make a choice. haha! but i take my coffee with a teaspoon of the granules, a teaspoon of sugar, and 2 teaspoons of creamer with hot water in my red mug.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
I usually like my coffee plain, no cream and no sugar. Sometimes I add a bit of real cream, the creamer is not good, I have read the ingredients once and I have never bought creamer.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@ridingbet I can use condensed milk, but never creamer. Creamer is a synthetic combination of chemicals, oils, sugars, and milk products. Usually it contains corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oil, dipotassium phosphate, and other synthetic ingredients. Now you see why I do not even want to see creamer in my home.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jun 17
@LadyDuck yes i read your comment in one of my discussions that you don't add creamer to your coffee. i think you were the one to say something about skimmed milk.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
10 Jun 17
Wow! What a wide array of coffees @LadyDuck I am more a tea lover though. But also enjoy espresso. Thanks for sharing such an interesting post.
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@ptrikha_2 (47097)
• India
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck is Tea in Italy so bad?
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@ptrikha_2 (47097)
• India
12 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Aha Lipton Tea- I think it's an Indian brand!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
Italians are not at all tea lovers, better not to ask a tea at an Italian barman, if you want tea it's better to make it at home.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
10 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I would like to go in for Marocchino. Thank You!
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
The Marocchino is good, this is something I like to drink in winter.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@Gabugs It's because it is pretty hot, but not as much as a hot chocolate.
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
11 Jun 17
@LadyDuck But why in winter? Does it give a warm feeling?
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Jun 17
I've had three cups of plain black coffee , just the way I like it.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 17
@RubyHawk I use a mug in the morning only. For the espresso I use espresso cups.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
In the morning at home I make an "American" coffee, because I like to have a bit more than a small espresso.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Jun 17
@LadyDuck I usually use a mug. I like my coffee.
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