If you want to try something different and delicious, order a marocchino. If you don’t like espresso on its own, you ask for a caffè macchiato – a coffee with a small dollop of steamed milk. So what is a milk-loving coffee drinker to do? If you are really concerned about fitting in, then you may want to keep your cappuccino consumption before 11 am. BUT you may raise a few eyebrows or be subject to some good-natured teasing about your coffee preferences if you order the drink after a meal. So you don’t need permission to order a cappuccino after 11, and it is not some irrecoverable faux pas.
In the same way, most Italians would never pair cappuccino with savory food (which tends to be consumed from lunch onwards).
#Macchiato meaning italian full
Lunches in Italy are sizeable affairs, so the idea of drinking half a cup of milk after a full meal does not sit well with most locals. So while you can always find a barista with coffee and milk – the two ingredients they need to make you a cappuccino regardless of the hour- most Italians avoid the drink after lunch. The heaviness of the cappuccino balances out the rather tiny quantity of food that is usually consumed in the first hours of the day. Italian breakfasts tend to be small and sweet, and the large amount of milk in the cappuccino corresponds to a mini-meal in itself. In Italy, a cappuccino tends to be a drink reserved for the mornings. While there is no law in Italy that bans a cappuccino after 11 am, you really won’t find many Italians drinking this milk-heavy coffee after breakfast time. I receive a lot of worried messages asking me if it is true that Italians NEVER drink cappuccino after 11 am, and what visitors can do if they really want that coffee fix later in the day.
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