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Proof

World's First Italian Coffee Bean

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Despite its rich coffee and cafe culture, Italy doesn't produce its own coffee beans. One man is trying to change that, against all odds. Producer John Last reports. Thirsty for some coffee? Check out ATK's recommended Espresso Machines. Get a 14-day free trial for an America’s Test Kitchen digital subscription at atkpodcast.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Please please please don't fast forward this will take exactly 12 seconds.

0:03.6

I Kevin Pang host the proof have a brand new book out called a very Chinese cookbook.

0:08.4

If you want to learn proper Chinese cooking, this is the book to get.

0:11.2

Again, it's called a very Chinese cookbook and it's out in stores now.

0:14.4

Okay, thanks, bye. Italians take their coffee seriously.

0:25.0

Visit Rome, Florence, Milan, anywhere in Italy, really,

0:29.0

and you can't walk half a block without running head first into a coffee shop. And to prove that this isn't

0:35.6

an exaggeration, our reporter for today's story, John Last, set out to do a little

0:40.9

experiment. John's Canadian, but for the last two years he's lived in the

0:46.2

northern Italian city of Padua. I'm going to walk in every direction from my front door and see how long it takes me to run into a coffee shop.

0:57.0

All right, let's go.

0:59.3

Most of the time, John writes about politics, religion, and history for magazines around the world.

1:05.0

But today, John's tackling a different kind of topic.

1:09.0

Okay, I see one.

1:11.0

It's about three minutes.

1:12.0

One that's vexed him since he moved to Italy.

1:15.0

Just what is the deal with Italian coffee?

1:19.0

We're on our way in direction number two.

1:22.0

There's actually two right next to each other right here.

1:24.9

Oh, I misspoke. There's actually three cafes right next to each other.

1:28.9

I think this may be the winner. It's been maybe just under a minute and I'm walking up on a new cafe here.

1:37.8

I didn't even really know this place was here.

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