Cappuccino is the Italian beverage for excellence, consisting of Espresso coffee and steamed milk. Italy is the largest consumer of Cappuccino in the world. This is traditionally eaten during the morning, at breakfast or sometimes in the afternoon, but never during meals. The Italians in the morning are divided between those who have breakfast with coffee and those who have breakfast with cappuccino, or even both drinks!

But what is the history of cappuccino? Why is it called so?

Its birth is actually uncertain and is lost, as often happens in gastronomic history, between legends, anecdotes and truths. There are many versions of the origins of the cappuccino. The first attributes the invention to Marco da Aviano, a friar belonging to the order of the Capuchins (Cappuccini).