Americans stealing espresso

[simonp]

I had a thought over the weekend, having spent a lot of time over recent weeks searching the net for espresso information etc.
Why is almost all of it American
Virtually every website with info/opinions on espresso brewing, roasting, equipment, modifications is American.
Bearing in mind that espresso started in Italy I find it surprising that apart from TMC there is very little European info on the web.
I realise that I may be seeing more US based stuff as I am only English speaking, and I guess a lot of European and Italin stuff would not be in English.

What I do find amazing is that I see a lot of people suggesting that the Italians do espresso wrong . They invented it
I have seen this particularly in relation to cappuccino, where I have seen a lot of furom posts saying that you MUST use latte style microfoam for it, and the Itailians are wrong to use drier/thicker foam. Surely this just means that what the Americans are making is not cappuccino, but something else. Whenever I try to make a cappuccino with true pourable micrfoam, I end up with a much thinner layer of foam than traditional caps.
I don't have a problem with saying that they like it different, but to say that what has been made for years is wrong is, I think, arrogant.

For the record, my caps are not traditional either, being 6oz, but with a double espresso rather than a single, I'm not sure thechnically what this is called, any ideas?

Cheers,

SimonP

[mattmills]

If you are looking for information on Espresso Sandali is an Italian coffee importer and trader. They specialise in green coffee for the Espresso market. It is worth having a look as they run, what can be sai to be the best Espresso training in the world, with the focus being on the espresso. (quite expensive but well worth it)
Where i think the probelm lies in the cultural differences, where Europeans will prefer to let their actions speak, where as the Americans are quite willing to tell everyone they are wrong, but without improving anything...

[HughF]

One possible reason for this is that a high proportion of Americans have Internet access - local calls are free in much of the USA, I believe, so they have to pay subscriptions to ISPs but can stay on a long time at low cost after that. I don't believe this is true for most of of Europe.

Cheers,

Hugh