Buongiorno. I miss having un caffe con un crossiant in the bar in the mornings when I was living in Torino. I'd order un cappuccino (love the way cappuccino sounds in Italian. haha) at the bar after lunch but then my Italian friends told me that Italians only drink cappuccino in the mornings. Oh well. :p But I learned a lot about coffee living in Italy that year. So now my husband (caucasian) drinks Chinese tea while I drink Italian coffee. Buona giornata.
When we traveled in Italy, we ordered coffee at a highway stop but was offered expresso. When we explained we wanted Americano coffee, the waiter said: Oh coffee with water. That remark made us, ie American, feel quite inferior.