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This is Laura’s question, in comments on whether Dublin is the second most coffee-obsessed capital.
About Milan I would say that there are no doubts.
Everything is hectic, everything is running, everything is accelerated.
By the way, since we are on the subject, I would even like to point out the new dates for Milano Caffè: from the first to the third of October, hoping that this year the event will return to be a live party.
But Caffè in Milan is also one of the most significant expressions of the Italian Enlightenment. I refer to the newspaper founded by Pietro Verri which, as Treccani suggests, was printed in Brescia to escape Austrian censorship. Here you find the story.
Regarding the three C’s in Naples, I loved the way Laura told me about it, and I absolutely want to learn to absorb the “aroma” of this concept, which is also being together.
But since there is so much to say, I refer to a post dedicated to Al tavolo di Amalia just to share with you how nice it is to be in company, “at the table” of this blog which is a gold mine of information on Ischia and beyond.
I fell in love discovering traditions, real life stories, tales framed by the link with the sea and experiences of going back to origins.
So while I wait for the coffee at Amalia’s table to be ready as per the strict c c c rule, I try to answer Laura’s question: and what about Dublin?
A first answer can be found Tra Italia e Finlandia: 
where Luisella tells us about her experience with Dublin Pubs. I quote verbatim: pubs are known for being places where people go to drink ales, which makes them legendary, still you can find any beverage there: even coffee!
Going on with the research, since I told you about Trinity College, I got the crazy idea of asking Professor David Berman, starting from the base of his study on coffee habits illustrated in an interview on The Irish Times.
A beautiful exchange was born!
I will never stop thanking him properly.
Professor Berman first of all wanted me to talk to him about what coffee is for us in Italy.
So I would take this opportunity to ask you the same question in case you want to expose your personal idea.
And in the end we came to the conclusion that the Brew Smartly ranking has its foundation and reason to be, and reflects a change of habits especially in the last twenty years, compared to the classic beer or whiskey which represent a bit the immediate association of ideas when one thinks of Ireland.
It can therefore be concluded that it is not far from the truth to say that the Irish style has become more serious, more sober.
But the great thing is that from the considerations on the change, the question shifted to music!
No, I can’t explain how happy I am!
An example above all Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
In the case of music, however, evolution does not lead to something like coffee.
On the contrary, it passes through the painful period known in history as The Troubles, or the civil war for the autonomy of the population of Northern Ireland divided between Catholics and Protestants.
Obviously my first thought goes to Dolores but there are many musical masterpieces that can be mentioned:
should I stop?
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Hi I'm Claudia and this is KCDC.
An interesting article about different cities and different ways to take coffee, Claudia. As far as Moscow is concerned, I have noticed that there are two ways of taking coffee: some “kafenitsas” are nice places to sit down, and guests tend to stay there forever, chatting, resting, whatever. Other places, like the shop “Magnolia”, have coffee corners. You can have a cup of coffee before or after shopping. It is just a stop. They look nice, these cozy coffee corners, but nobody stays for too long, me included. I take my coffee, and off I go, to language school …..
Thank you so much Olivia!
First of all I am happy that you found the article interesting, and then I am really grateful to you for this further study about Moscow that I had no idea!
Here in Italy when we intend to have a quick coffee we do not sit down, we remain standing at the counter, in fact there are cafes, let’s say less welcoming as regards the tables, others instead comfortable and nice like those you described, where the coffee it is intended as a long time to share with friends. Maybe a bit like the Kafenitsas you are telling me.
I remember those “standup” cafes in Italy, Claudia. My father loved them. When he went on a business trip and took me along, which happened once in a while, we went to his “standup” cafe in Milano, which he liked. At that time, I did not mind standing at the bar. Nowadays, I prefer to sit down.
I remember an incidence in Milano: my father and I had been in his favourite standup cafe for about 15 minutes, maybe 20. He had parked his car right in front of the cafe. When we went back to the car, we saw that the door had been opened and his camera was gone!
Oh no … terrible … just a few minutes … sometimes delinquency is just devastating.
I am so sorry for the bad experience you have had.
My father was mortified because he wanted to take photos of shoe models in Milano. He always did that on his business trips.
I can understand and imagine … feeling robbed must be a very bad feeling.
I’m so sorry for what happened to you.
A big hug.
Thank you, Claudia. Being robbed is awful.
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Thank you very much for your compassion, Claudia. Especially since this theft happened in Italy, your home country – but it could happen anywhere, of course.
You’re right: it could happen anywhere, but since it happened here in Italy I feel particularly sorry.
It is somewhat the same as for the home: hospitality should be sacred …
It is not your fault, Claudia. There are thieves everywhere. That thief who broke my father’s car open and stole the camera probably did not think of “hospitality”. He simply wanted to have an expensive camera that he could not afford to buy; How sad!
Really very very sad.
There is a share of people who live by their wits.
In general, Italy is impoverishing quite a bit in all senses unfortunately.
True, Claudia. And the truth is that theft does not make the thief one inch richer. Poor people will gain nothing by stealing. They should get a good education, a good job, or found a factory, like my great-grandfather did. This is the way to get rich, not by stealing other people’s belongings.
My father felt frustrated not because of the loss of this camera, which he could replace easily. It was because someone dared to touch his car and his items. He was not used to it. In Germany noone would ever have dared to steal anything from him.
I have often heard about the differences between Germany and Italy and I have no doubts.
And, although fortunately I have never tried, I also believe that the worst thing is the bad feeling you get when you have to see that someone has touched our things, that maybe he has entered our car or our house.