Re:What “Work” Looks Like
by seti0Cha on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:05PM
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From what I've seen, Italian coffee consumption is nothing like American coffee consumption. They don't sip at enormous cups of drip coffee while working, but instead quickly drink small amounts of espresso as a break. It seems to me that leads both to less caffeine consumption and more actual enjoyment of the beverage.
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Certainly not conclusive at all, but... Top results from a Google search:
> Individually, an American coffee drinker consumes about three cups of coffee per day.
> Italians drink an average of 3 coffees a day
It seems that the averages are roughly equal. Of course there are outliers everywhere.
Presumably the American is having a cup of drip coffee (100mg caffeine) whereas the Italian is having a shot of espresso (60mg).
Re:What “Work” Looks Like
by SoftTalker on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:19PM
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More likely these days, the American is having some kind of warm, sweet milkshake with a couple of shots of espresso in it.
Italians drink small cups of espresso or moka (if homemade), and maybe a cappuccino at breakfast. The morning and lunch time ones are mandatory, then maybe one mid afternoon or in the evening.
If you happen to see someone having a cappuccino at lunch, or, yikes! with their dinner, they're probably a tourist.
When I last lived there, Starbucks and the lattes and pumpkin spice big mugs were a "weird American novelty" for teens in major city centres.