In Italy, coffee is not simply a drink: it is a social habit, a daily ritual, an identitary symbolism. But in Naples, coffee acquires a much deeper meaning. Here it becomes a unit of measurement. It marks time, it replaces an invitation, it marks first meetings and farewells, it bears witness to tales of authentic life. Coffee, seen as a common good, constitutes a universal and inviolable right, a glue that strengthens the sense of collective belonging to the social fabric.
Among the most emblematic expressions of this collective vision of coffee is suspended coffee: a gesture that encapsulates a centuries-old tradition of dignity, empathy and solidarity. Suspended coffee is a practice based on a simple principle: offering, in advance, something that is deemed necessary to those who might need it.
