Air, Landier, and Sea

Here’s the list of real-time rankings and impressions of the coffees throughout our trip.

Zurich airport Marche

Cappuccino with cream and sugar

Taste: 6/10

Smoothness: 5/10

Overall impression: “meh”

Santovino, Rome, Italy

Cappuccino with sugar

Taste: 8.5/10

Smoothness: 8/10

Overall impression: Excellent!

Café Greco Rome, Italy

Cappuccino with sugar

Taste: 7/10

Smoothness: 7/10

Overall impression: pretty good, 7/10

Sant Eustachio Cafe Rome, Italy

Frape

Taste: 7/10

Smoothness: 6/10

Overall impression: the cafe itself is a 9/10 for ambiance, scenery, and courtyard looking into city streets

Danesi Café (Castel Sant’ Angelo)

Café Latte Freddo

Taste: 7/10

Smoothness: 6.5/10

Overall impression: 7/10. On top of the Castel Sant’ Angelo provides an amazing view even though it’s really hot.

Sgrano, Florence, Italy

Caffe

Taste: 7.5/10

Smoothness: 8.5/10

Overall impression: I ordered caffe thinking I was getting a cup of coffee and ended up getting a shot of espresso. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was, but mostly I just wanted a full cup of coffee.

Rivoire Florence, Italy

Cafe latte freddo

Taste: 8/10

Smoothness: 8.5/10

Overall impression: 8.25/10. Great spot where Michelangelo’s David originally stood. Scenery 9/10

So we got a little lax with our photo taking and ranking throughout the world, but honestly, I didn’t enjoy the coffees in Africa or Asia. I actually most looked forward to the cappuccino on the plane when we were visiting those continents.

Switzerland did have some good cafe though. I was also glad to have some coffee from a Jura (the Swiss brand of coffee machine we have back home) in Romania.

Lucerne, Switzerland

Cappuccino

Taste: 8/10

Smoothness: 9/10

Overall impression: 8/10. It was a little on the milky side, but I drank it in a Tapas bar, so it wasn’t the best Swiss ambience.

And the winner is…

Cappuccino with sugar at Santovino in Rome, Italy!