The first espresso machine in America? Inside the NYC café that started it all

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Sebastian Conelli visits Greenwich Village's Caffe Reggio to explore how the café became ground zero for America's espresso craze. The seemingly ordinary coffee shop harbors one of the nation's first espresso machines, a piece of equipment that sparked a transformation in how Americans consumed coffee. The video traces the café's role in introducing espresso culture to New York and, by extension, the broader U.S. market. What began as an import from Italy evolved into a defining feature of American urban café life, with Caffe Reggio serving as a quiet witness to that shift.