"No modification, however exotic it may be, could change our habit to taste a cup of steaming coffee just made with our traditional coffee machine or with the new pod method: but, in the world, many cultures declare their faith to their receipes. No one of us will change our minds, but nothing prevents us from "tasting" other people's habits"

African coffee

Prepare many cups of coffee, depending on the number of guests, and add a ball of chocolate ice-cream and some liquid cream.
The drink must be served very cold.

Danish coffee

Prepare a coffee following the procedure for Irish coffee, replacing the whisky with brandy.

Javanese coffee

Prepare some coffee and some chocolate, very hot. Mix both of them (same quantity each), sugar at pleasure and serve.

Dutch coffee

Prepare the same receipt of the Irish coffee, replacing the whisky with brandy of Dutch juniper.

Paris coffee

Prepare some strong coffee. When it is still hot, add some hot cacao (2 parts of coffee and 1 part of cacao); add some cognac (2 little spoons for each cup to be served). Mix and serve in a warm jug. The drink must be served with cream and sugar.

Russian coffee

Prepare a cup of very strong and hot coffee, sugar at pleasure and, when it is still warm, add a small glass of vodka. Pour into a glass and add some liquid cream. In summer, besides the cream, add some minced ice, stir and drink.

Turkish coffee

Get a brass Turkish grinder to obtain a very thin coffee powder; currently these kind of objects can be easily found. In case the grinder can not be found, pulverize the beans using an electric coffee grinder and sift the ground coffee. For each person, pour into the special Turkish jug (a copper recipient with large bottom, narrow neck and long handle) a little cup of water, two little spoons of coffee and 2 of sugar. When the ingredients are mixed, let the mixture boil on a slow fire. When a creamy and dense foam will appear on the top, remove the jug from the fire until the creamy thickness disappears.
Repeat this procedure on the fire for 2 or 3 times, then remove definitively from the fire.
Now, as a rite, pour a part of the creamy thickness into each guest cup and then add the remaining coffee. The creamy thickness will emerge on the surface (Kaimak). Do not stir the drink in the cup. Before offering the drink to the friends, let the Kaimak descend to the bottom of the cup by pouring with delicacy a couple of cold water drops. Now the tasty and excellent drink is ready.

Turkish coffee with honey

Pour into a jug a cup of hot water, 2 spoons of honey and 2 sesame seeds and let boil on a slow fire. Add 6 little spoons of coffee powder. Serve in little cups.

Viennese coffee

Prepare a good cup of coffee and add one spoon of whipped cream and one spoon of liquid cream. This is a delicious receipt, very ancient, dating back to the Austrian Imperial period and for this reason considered an "aristocratic" coffee. An other variant is to pour onto a vanilla ice-cream served in a cup, a cup of strong espresso coffee and then garnish with some spoons of whipped cream.

American coffee

Get a jug. Pour and mix 2 little spoons of sugar, 2 of cacao, 2 of coffee powder together with a cup of lightly salty water. Bring to the boil for two-three minutes and add two cups of hot milk and one of hot water and bring again to the boil.
At last, improve the taste adding two little spoons of vanilla powder.

Creole coffee

To a cup of coffee add a small pinch of grated nutmeg, one clove, a small piece of cinnamon and a small piece of vanilla.

Oriental coffee

Pour into a terracotta container with two little pieces of cinnamon, two cloves and two pieces of pimento, three cups of very strong and hot coffee. Close with a cover and let rest for a hour. Filter with a sifter inside big glasses containing some ice cubes. Before consuming add cream and sugar.

Coffee of Valley of Aosta

Pour and mix inside the typical local beaker (cup with cover), the prepared coffee, the grappa, red wine and sugar. Add the lemon rind. The quantity of ingredients changes depending on the number of people.

Irish coffee
Dose for one person: a small cup of very strong coffee, two little spoons of sugar, one small glass of Irish whisky, a spoon of cream.

Put the sugar in a glass and melt it with a small part of hot coffee. Add whisky and the remaining hot coffee. Last, place above an abundant spoon of liquid cream or, as alternative, let a spoon of whipped cream float, pouring it with care to avoid the ingredients to mix.