When Coffee Was Banned in Italy...

You'd think something like coffee being banned in Italy would be a huge story that would be repeatedly included in all of the articles on coffee history, wouldn't you?

I would, so I was really shocked when I got hold of this little, interesting booklet from the second world war, which contained the news that coffee was banned in Italy during the Second World War!

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Timecodes:

0:00 Intro
1:22 Oops, Kev ruins historic documet
4:51 Time for a bedtime story
5:39 Kev loses the plot
6:11 They banned biscuits too, noooooo
9:25 Outro
10:01 Tatty Bye

#espresso #coffee #italy

[The_Robert.Fletcher]

Kev you have done great on your history research I found this fascinating. Regrettably, despite the internet, items of historical importance do disappear.

[Coffeedrinkerer]

Not something I’ve heard either but that said I haven’t really considered much of the historical events of coffee. More videos on these events would be good 👍🏻 thanks for sharing

[brickovenvideoproduction]

Love this video Kev, fascinating stuff!

[robertgraham]

Hi Kev, here's a quote from a Quartz article:

"During World War II, coffee in the country basically disappeared, replaced by surrogates like barley—as a consequence of the embargo that the League of Nations imposed on fascist Italy."

[andrewstevenson]

Interesting. Like you, I never knew this. But one thing that doesn't quite fit with me, is that wasn't Ethiopia part of Mussolini's "empire", and doesn't Ethiopia produce coffee?
Thanks for doing this video.

[acjohns]

Hi Kev, I really enjoyed this video. Does anyone know why we call this preparation of coffee an Americano?

[hughinc]

Hi, Kev! Nice video, this is HUGH Inc. and we've tried to contact you via your email, could you please check? Thanks in advance.