Some people say that everything started with an Italian monk, other ones mention about an Austrian soldier, but it seems that cappuccino was born in Vienna and then it arrived in Italy – and was very different from what we drink today.

In the 16th century there was an order of monks called "Order of Friars Minor Capuccinos" founded by Ludovico Fossombrone and is popularly known as Capuccinos. The name of the popular drink comes from these monks, as the milk foam is quite resembled the capuccios (hood).

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