Bicerin: Turin's 300-Year-Old Espresso, Chocolate & Cream Drink (Recipe & Guide)
A bicerin is a layered Italian drink from Turin made with hot drinking chocolate on the bottom, a shot of espresso in the middle, and a layer of barely-whipped cream on top — served in a small clear stemmed glass and never stirred. The name comes from Turin Piedmontese dialect: bicerin means “small glass” — a diminutive of bicchiere. The drink dates to the early 1700s in Turin, where it evolved from an older drink called the bavareisa (coffee, chocolate, milk, syrup mixed together). The cleanest, most authoritative source is Caffè Al Bicerin, a small café opened in 1763 in Piazza della Consolata in Turin, which still serves the original layered version today and is widely credited with both the formula and the name. ...