(Please donate, follow and support. Thanks!!!) Milan is the capital of Style and Fashion, and it’s coffee is no exception. Known historically as the creative centre of Italy, innovation continues in every aspect of life; from fashion and architecture, through to all forms of café and coffee culture. The birthplace of the espresso and the lever driven machine, this invention is the perfect example of the Milanese combination of practicality with innovation, whereby a spring mechanism creates a better quality, more aromatic brew. This obsession with style and innovation can be further seen in numerous café’s and businesses where Milan locals seek to push the boundaries of coffee, to create unique coffee experiences. Though many centuries have arrived since coffee was first brought to the people of Milan, their fascination with the magic bean has never waned, and nowhere is this more evident in this city where new ways of making and enjoying coffee constantly being explored Join Paul as he explores the cafés in the fashion capital of the world and discovers how the city that invented espresso is still finding distinctive ways to serve coffee and contribute to it’s unique coffee culture. (PLEASE DONATE, FOLLOW AND SUPPORT, THANKS!!!)

Apollonia demonstrates her French at-home starter, demystifying how to build and maintain a leaven and explaining the richness it lends to loaves. (PLEASE DONATE, REPOST AND FOLLOW; THANKS!!!)

(Please donate, follow and support. Thanks!!!) One of the all time great destinations for the world traveller is the ancient city of Venice in the Veneto region. Nearly 400 years ago coffee was introduced to Italy via this wonderful city, which has ultimately led to the current explosion of coffee consumption through bars, café’s and in the home. This waterlogged city is Italy at its seductive best …… with history and culture seeping from the decaying buildings, and Gondolas gliding along the canals, everywhere you go the smell of freshly ground coffee lingers. This lagoon in the north east of Italy served as a home for hunters and fishermen 2000 years ago but history would see it become one of the most vital trading ports in the ancient world. It’s almost impossible to imagine an Italy without coffee and it’s unique espresso culture. The success of those first Venetian traders has helped developed the nation into such a wonderful cultural phenomenon and coffee is so much a part of its rich tapestry. Thankfully for us the Italians went on to spend hundreds of years brewing, drinking and perfecting coffee and nowhere is their passion more obvious than here in Venice. (Please donate, follow and support. Thanks!!!)