- 26th
- March
- 2010
A tradition in the cafés of Naples is to order a caffè sospeso – literally, a coffee “in suspense” – as a sign of your good fortune. When a sospeso is ordered, the customer pays for two coffees, but only receives one. That way, when a person who is homeless or otherwise down on their luck walks into the café, the person can ask if there are any coffees held in suspense, and can have one as a courtesy of the first customer. Though the custom has been a part of Neapolitan society for many years, it is somewhat less common today.Caffè sospeso, from Wikipedia (via factoryjoe: superamit: ohgolly: aaaaajane: unicornology) (via into) (via ricochet) (via scout)
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Several months ago someone did something similar at an airport Starbucks, and...trend. I...
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What a wonderful way to give smiles back to the world :)
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superamit : mikehudack : adamiss) this is exactly how you best help the mentally disturbed and the disenfranchised -...
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New goal - open a restaurant in Manhattan named Sospeso with an attached soup kitchen. Proceeds from one goes to the...
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oats). Awe, this makes me miss Bollo’s Cafe in Blacksburg. Not that this was...tradition...
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