You can still walk into an Italian bar, order “un Hag” and get a decaf espresso. We even pronounce it without the H, so the name has been decaffeinated too. No orange handles, though. Italian bars make every espresso to order, and a pot of coffee left sitting on a hotplate would strike most Italians as a far worse offence than removing the caffeine.
I learned something new! It’s funny, I’ve even heard of Sanka in coffee books, but they must have glossed over the orange connection.
You can still walk into an Italian bar, order “un Hag” and get a decaf espresso. We even pronounce it without the H, so the name has been decaffeinated too. No orange handles, though. Italian bars make every espresso to order, and a pot of coffee left sitting on a hotplate would strike most Italians as a far worse offence than removing the caffeine.
Wow, I had no idea about "un Hag", thanks. And yes, the American way of coffee is, shall we say, idiosyncratic...