A Great Cup of Coffee at Sant’ Eustachio

Gran Caffe

A great cup of coffee is a wonderful thing.
It perks you up in dreary mornings.
It transports you away from the tedium of a working day.
It facilitates the flow of easy conversation between good friends.
It also tastes pretty damn good.

Being the coffee nut that I am, I make it a point to find the best cuppas everywhere I go.
In Rome, I find that cuppa in Sant’ Eustachio il Cafe, a delightfully ancient cafe which has been in operation since the 1930′s.

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