Italian coffee, known also as espresso, it's quite an easy task if you think globally to Italian cuisine. As often occurs things are more difficult, and results not quite perfect, if you don't know how to do it. Another thing that occurs, possibly since Java programming appeared and USA coffee shops colonized the globe, everybody's playing the coffee guru.

What you need to make your Italian espresso

As a coffee aficionado, and Italian, I'll give you some hint (my 2 cents opininion, if you wish) on how to obtain your own espresso the Italian way and become your friends hero.

The coffee comes first

The first thing you need is some good coffee. I'm stressing good here because really this is the thing that really makes the difference. I won't dive in any geopolitical discussion, and just present two of the most famous Italian coffee brands (and the most likely easily available outside Italy). Again, leaving apart politics, a basic economical law will help you decide on the coffee brand: the best raws goes to the one that pays the most, the same that sell at the highest price, and it sells at high prices because there's an audience paying those prices.