Cappuccinos were drunk at special ceremonies around the country and the drink was also celebrated on social media.
According to one tradition, the cappuccino was invented by a Capuchin friar, Marco d’Aviano, during a September 1683 mission to Vienna for Pope Innocent XI aimed at convincing countries to join an alliance against the Ottoman Turks.
He is believed to be the first to ‘soften’ the bitter taste of espresso with milk in a coffee house in the Austrian capital.
Another tradition says it was the Viennese themselves who invented the drink and named it cappuccino because of its resemblance to the colour of the friars’ capes.
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