Imagine waking up in a hotel in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome and enjoying the open-air art exhibition where different epochs merge together and live forever. Today you decide to skip breakfast at the hotel and motivate yourself by seeing art in the streets of beautiful Rome, while looking for the nearest coffee shop to try one of the most typical delicious breakfasts in Italy: a cup of coffee and some pastries accompanied with butter or jam, a biscuit or cookie.
Every meal is important in Italy, a country with a wonderful cuisine, so let's take the opportunity to start the day with a good breakfast. Italians love coffee and so do we, so for breakfast the most common options are black coffee, cappucino, coffee with milk, caffe lungo, caffe freddo and caffe al vetro. Here are some specific options:
- Coffee: it is a simple espresso. It comes in a small cup, in small quantity and super concentrated. You can add some milk or sugar.
- Caffe macchiato: coffee with a drop of hot milk.
- Cappucino: coffee with steamed whipped milk, very creamy.
- Latte Macchiato: a long glass of hot milk with espresso coffee.
- Caffe Lungo: it is served in an espresso cup and that is what it is, it is an espresso coffee with a little more hot water.
To accompany it with pastries there are these delicious options:
- Maritozzi, a sweet yeast bun that is the specialty of Rome. Legend has it that in the Middle Ages, on March 1, a maritozzo was given to a woman in love, and hidden in the cream was a jewel or a ring.
- Cornetto, Cousin of the French croissant, these pastries are usually made with oil instead of butter, so they have a milder sweet taste. A cornetto can come "plain" or filled with jams, marmalade, or cream.
- Ciambella, is a doughnut made with a dough that is fried and has a sugar coating, when you bite into it, it crunches a little and your mouth is flooded with sweetness.
A good coffee with a side dish is a good way to start the day. Would this be one of your plans?
