"Waiter, there's a fly in my cup!" How many times have we heard jokes and real anecdotes of this nature? However, did you know that in Italy, some people like to drink their coffee "with the fly"? Coffee is always present in a typical Italian breakfast, which usually consists of light pastries, croissants, and the simple bread, butter and jam. Italian style coffee though, has many variations and is usually much more concentrated and strong that the American one, and is usually served in a smaller cup. In Italy, your coffee can be served in many variations, the most popular ones being the espresso, made by machine; and the napoletano, prepared home-made style and in small kettles. Furthermore, coffee can be machiato (spotted, with... Show more

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from everyone here at ItalianPod101.com! We're grateful to have listeners just like you, and we're eagerly waiting for the upcoming year to learn Italian together! And when the New Year comes around, be sure to make a resolution to study Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Have a healthy and happy holiday season. From the ItalianPod101.com team!