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NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.


A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.

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NAPLES, ITALY - 12 DECEMBER 2014: A giant moka pot, where clients can leave the receipts of suspended coffees, is here at the entrance of the Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a cafè in Naples, Italy, on December 12th 2014. The Storico Gran Caffè Gambrinus claims to have launched the tradition of the suspended coffee in the late 19th century.<br /> <br /> <br /> A caffè sospeso,or suspended coffee, is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone would order a sospeso, paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a sospeso available would then be served a coffee for free.