Espresso Coffee DO's and DON'T's 

We are suggesting here a few do's and don't do's in cupping espresso coffee.
They may seems tips or habits only reserved to amateurs, but they are not: if you are just slightly in love in coffee, you will benefit of the below tips.

We refer to espresso coffee, but same advices are applicable to mocha coffee as well.
  
Here thery are:
  

DO:	Drink coffee WITHOUT sugar.
DON'T:	Mix coffee with liquors, such as grape (some Italian regions us that a lot: it is called "cafè corretto"). Please, don't do it!
DON'T:	Eat chocolate just before or after drinking your coffee.
DO:	Drink coffee early in the morning. Your perception of aroma and flavor will be emphasized.
DON'T:	Drink coffee in glasses or glass cups: they do not give any advantages, it is just 'fashion'.
DO:	Drink coffee from a thick cup, prefereably pre-heaten.
DON'T:	Drink coffee from thin cups, or cups having 'fun' form. Ideal cup for espresso is the classic, small, thick, white cup.
DON'T:	Drink coffee keeping chewin-gum in your mouth.
DON'T:	Drink milked-coffee: you loose coffee taste, it can be the highest quality and you do not perceive it.
DON'T:	Have coffee while eating a croissant: merging bitterness with sweetness is a mistake.
DON'T:	If you like coffee, don't drink cappuccino.
DON'T:	Smoke a cigarette after drinking your coffee. Either you like the coffee, or the cigarette. If you like smoking just after tasting a good espresso coffee, you are a smoker, not a coffee conneisseur. Nicotine kills caffeine :-(