Italy has a reputation for coffee, but it s taken to another level in touren. its graceful squares and elegant buildings are perfect. if you squint, you could even imagine yourself in paris. and that s no accident. tu ran is the capital of piedmont, a region in the extreme northwest of italy, directly on the border with france. having such a larger than life neighbor has left its mark. but if there s a drink that sums it up, it s this, a potion that s been all the rage since the 1760s. can i put my spoon in it? i know that sounds like a naughty question. [speaking foreign language] that s really good.
Spanish controlling the south, and the austrians, the northeast. the kingdom of sardinia, that ruled piedmont, led the fight to throw out the foreign powers and build an italy run by italians. what year is this now? 1861. 61. and turan becomes it s first capital for like a minute and a half or something like that. yeah, something like that. but we still have a huge turan may have lost out to rome in the long run, but during its time in the capital, italy beam a modern democratic nation for the first time in history. this used to be the very first italian parliament. italy s first prime minister had good reason for choosing this location for the center of government. in front of the parliament, he had his favorite restaurant. look at the distance. that s no more than 30 yards. i see we have the same
It s in three layers. coffee, chocolate, cream. different temperatures. the french may have introduced chocolate to turan, but only italians could find a way to suspend three ingredients like this. it packs a powerful punch, just the stuff to fuel revolutions. one of its greatest fans was a 19th century turan aristocrat with a big idea. food writer and local historian pavlo has agreed to fill me in on the details. so good to see you. we have a nice day for it. so, tell me about that guy. camille. he was the politician behind the italian unification. before unification, modern italy, as we know it, didn t exist. instead, it was a patchwork of dukedoms and kingdoms, with the