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Espresso was developed in Milan, Italy in the early 20th century, but up until the mid-1940s it was a beverage produced solely with steam pressure.

The invention of the spring piston lever machine and its subsequent commercial success changed espresso into the beverage we know today.

Restaurant-times spends a day in one of Rome's famous and fabulous coffee bars, and discovers why Starbucks struggle to gain a foothold in the land of the barista.