We the Italians October 19, 2015 - 70 | Page 22

th # 70 • OCTOBER 19 , 2015 read more about #Italian Culture and History ITALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY: Venice’s Historic Cafes By www.italia.it When it comes to historical Italian coffee, you can not help but talk of Venice. It is in this lagoon city that the tradition of coffee was born, that due to its posi- 22 | WE THE ITALIANS www.wetheitalians.com tion and its trade relations with the Arab world, which then spread to the rest of Italy. The first "botega da caffè" in Piazza San Marco existed already at the end