Caffè Sospeso

After being in Italy last week (more on that later) I've got to admit, the Italians know a few things about good coffee.

50 types of Italian coffee from Charming Italy (click to enlarge)...


I didn't look up all of them but without a doubt, the best on the list has got to be Caffè Sospeso.

From Wiki...

A tradition in the cafés of Naples is to order a caffè sospeso – literally, a coffee "in suspense" – as a sign of your good fortune. When a sospeso is ordered, the customer pays for two coffees, but only receives one. That way, when a person who is homeless or otherwise down on their luck walks into the café, the person can ask if there are any coffees held in suspense, and can have one as a courtesy of the first customer. Though the custom has been a part of Neapolitan society for many years, it is somewhat less common today.