(ANSA) – NAPLES, 26 MAR – A day in Naples thinking together about the history of espresso coffee which launched the Unesco candidacy of Italian coffee; the day is national and aims at the last ok for the presentation of the candidacy of the dossier “The Italian espresso coffee between culture, ritual, sociability and literature in the emblematic communities from Venice to Naples” as an intangible heritage of Humanity by Unesco.
A day that involved several bars in the city starting with Gambrinus, the symbolic bar of Piazza Plebiscito, a piece of history of the city that celebrated the history of coffee starting with the ‘cuccuma’, the ancient Neapolitan coffee machine, later surpassed from the mocha and the current electric machine for home, but never forgotten in the city. But at Gambrinus coffee has been tried and celebrated, remembered in everyday life of having it and giving it through the “suspended coffee”, which those who can traditionally grant in Naples to those who arrive in a bar in a difficult moment and get one for free.
“We have always – explains one of the owners of Gambrinus, Massimiliamo Rosati – supported the candidacy of coffee, we started with the Neapolitan espresso and then we merged into the thought of Italian coffee. On this we have worked synergistically with other city institutions and universities and now we promote coffee from Naples together with coffee from other cities “. From Naples to Venice pushing the cup of coffee known and loved by the millions of tourists who arrive in Italy and pass the cup after a lifetime in front of large cups of elongated coffee.
The thought of entering the products celebrated by Unesco was married today also for the race to the Oscar with a coffee at Gambrinus that the celebrants dedicated to Paolo Sorrentino and his race for the award with “E ‘è stato la mano di God”. A hand to drink and celebrate coffee throughout the city, from “La Caffettiera” in Piazza dei Martiri to the “Lazzarelle” bistro in the Galleria Principe, up to the Trianon Theater where the candidacy of the coffee was presented to the public this morning and to the Academy of Mediterranean Cuisine in Viale Kennedy for the show cooking dedicated to coffee. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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