About this design
Like pizza and ice cream parlours, the coffee bar is sacred in Italy. But the tradition of going for a cappuccino or an espresso is under threat from a new menace - the coffee machine. Thanks to aggressive marketing by manufacturers, who are practically giving them away to offices, factories, universities and even train stations, self-service coffee is invading Italy and putting in peril the livelihood of many baristas. I can understand why automatic machines are creeping in (a faster pace of life) but I do not think they should replace the rite of standing at a bar or sitting and watching the world go by because for Italians having a coffee at a bar is a pause in the day. It`s irreplaceable.








