A mindless stroll on a rainy Saturday afternoon through the Naples coastline led me to Gran Caffè Gambrinus. Having checked it off my list earlier in the week, a second visit seemed redundant. I was, after all, in Naples, the Italian capital of coffee. As a Java connoisseur, it was my duty, I reasoned, to taste the Italian delicacy in as many different spots as possible.

I had come for breakfast at the historic cafe a few days prior and enjoyed a baba’ and cappuccino on their outdoor patio in what turned out to be a pleasant but uneventful affair, and my curiosity of the coffeehouse, at the time, was fully satisfied.