Affogato
It drowns gelato on purpose—and that single act redefined what a café dessert could be.
Coffee
The drug the modern working day is built around.
- 6
- in food
- 6:21
- average
- 38 min
- in total
- 11
- across the network
All briefs
Turkish coffee
A small, unfiltered coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans in a cezve, served with grounds suspended in the liquid.
Vietnamese iced coffee
A strong, sweet, chilled coffee drink made with dark-roast robusta, sweetened condensed milk, and ice.
Cappuccino
A drink named for monks’ habits, perfected by Austrian baristas, standardised by Italian machines—and now served everywhere as if it were born in Florence.
Coffee
Coffee wasn’t invented—it was ritualised, then exported, then industrialised.
Espresso
Espresso isn’t about taste—it’s about control: a 1884 Italian patent that turned coffee into a timed, pressurised, repeatable unit of labour.