What is National Cappuccino Day - November 8?
On November 8th, the National Cappuccino Day whips up a frothy, hot cup of cappuccino. It's a delectable drink on a frosty morning, meeting with colleagues, or simply enjoying a creamy cuppa.
A cappuccino is an Italian coffee drink traditionally made with espresso, hot milk, and steamed milk foam.
Cappuccino comes from the Capuchin friars and is the diminutive form of cappuccio in Italian, implying hood or something that covers the head. The color of the friars' hooded robes gave this popular coffee beverage not based on their habits but rather from the color of the hooded robes. (The Capuchin friars is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, one of the Franciscans' most important offshoots.)
- Achille Gaggia invented the modern espresso machine in 1945, which has also popularized the cappuccino
