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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's that they couldn't handle it. It was soldiers during WWII in Italy, and they wanted drip coffee, like they'd have back home. The only thing available in Italy was espresso, so they watered it down to make something similar to drip coffee.

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