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It's just not really the same thing, in the same way that a regular British household cup of tea made in a mug with a teabag and a splash of milk is objectively dogshit but millions find it incredibly satisfying because they've had it since childhood, and if you give a brit some fancy tea they're unlikely to adopt it as their everyday brew. As Johnny-Comelatelys to espresso we don't have all that legacy stuff, we're more interested in the aromatics rather than cultivating roast flavours which necessarily leads on to a much keener interest in provenance and preparation.
I like mediterranean style espresso when I'm there, served with sugar and a glass of water. Usually because it means I'm on holiday in the sunshine. Its just a cultural thing innit.
Stevethecoffee-
The comparison to tea is interesting. British people are similarly stuck in their ways with tea as Italians are with coffee, however, as demonstrably inferior as builder's tea is to well brewed loose leaf tea, the average homebrew is actually better than most high street tea, which is almost universally made with a scalding hot urn and a teabag.
I think the advent of "cafe culture" in the UK has generally made tea worse. We've replaced our tea equivalent of the €1 espresso with something worse for £2.50.Traditional cream tea is genuinely great and unique to the UK though.
neu
As a very trendy third-waver having never been to Italy and had a 1€ espresso from a street corner, can someone explain to me how it can be good coffee? I’m guessing it’s super roasty with wide margin for error so doesn’t have to be particularly carefully prepared? Or is it more a sense of place/experience?