[hresvelgr]

> Yes, we are still very strict to our food related traditions

Italian here. To those replying, this is the key takeaway. I think the poster means it'll take something insanely good for us to consider upending tradition. Not because we have the gold standard, but because we are so unbelievably stubborn and pig-headed :)

[tpm]

I have to agree with other posters Italian coffee is not very good (probably second worst I've experienced in Europe), and since you didn't addopt all the good new coffee stuff from the last ~30 years, I don't understand why would you addopt this.

[hresvelgr]

Again, not saying we have good coffee. Our coffee is horrific. With that being said, the smell of coffee being torched in a Moka pot makes me nostalgic. While I recognise the taste is absolutely sub-standard compared to a single-origin brew carefully prepared, I still enjoy it. This falls in the category of: "people are allowed to like bad things."