Incazelo: Ibha yekhofi iyisakhiwo esinjengendlu yekhofi noma isitolo sekhofi. Kodwa-ke, imishayo yekhofi ivame ukusekwa njengobha, ukunikeza iziphuzo zekhofi eziphuthumayo (ikakhulukazi i- espresso shots ) ezingadakwa ngenkathi zimile noma zihlezi esihlalweni sebhasi noma isihlalo esifanayo.
Imikhosi eminingi yekhofi ngaphandle kwe-Italy ine-contemporary, ehlotshaniswa ne-European. Kodwa-ke, izitayela nezinombolo zezihlalo ngokuvamile zihluke kakhulu, kubonisa umehluko omkhulu wamasiko ngokuthi ikhofi idliwe nini futhi nini.
E-Italy, iziphuzo eziningi zisheshe zidliwe ebhasini, nakuba ngezinye izikhathi kungenzeka ukuthi ziphuze futhi ziphuze isiphuzo ngesikhathi zihlezi endlini noma ngaphandle (nakuba lokhu kungadinga ukukhokhiswa). Ngaphandle kwe-Italy, imishayo yekhofi ngokuvamile ihlinzeka ngezihlalo eziphuzile neziphuzo "ukuhamba," futhi abathengi bathambekele ekuthengeni isiphuzo ukuze badle kwenye indawo noma baphuze ngesiphuzo ngenkathi usebenzisa i-WiFi (okuyinto evame ukukhokhelwa), ukuxoxa nokuphumula.
Igama elithi "ibha yekhofi" lifana ncamashi ne "espresso bar." Imigoqo ye-espresso nekhofi yavela e-Italy. Namuhla, isitolo sekhofi esidume kunazo zonke esisekelwe kuyi-espresso bar model i-Starbucks Coffee, elandelwa yi-Costa Coffee yase-UK.
Imikhosi eminingi yekhofi inikeza ukudla ngaphandle kwe-espresso kanye neziphuzo zekhofi. Lezi zivame ukuba ama-pastries (njenge-biscotti yase-Italy kanye ne- cannoli kanye nama-sweets angokwesiko amancane njengama-muffins, ama-scones nama-croissants), nakuba amanye amabhafi ekhofi anikeza izinketho ezihle (njengezicwangu).
Ngaphakathi kwe-Italy, kubuye kuvame ukuba nezinsimbi ze-espresso zinikeze utshwala, njenge-grappa ne- sambuca ). Eqinisweni, igama elithi barista livela egameni lesiNtaliyane elithi bartender! Lokhu kubangelwa ukuthambekela kweziphuzo ezidakayo kanye neziphuzo ze-espresso okufanele zilungiswe yilo lwazi olufanayo. Noma kunjalo, ukufakwa kweziphuzo ezidakayo kuma-espresso bar amamenyu angewona ama-Italian ngokuvamile kunomkhawulo wezingcingo ezingaphezulu.
Izitolo zekhofi ezidumile ezibizwa ngegama elithi "ikhofi" zifaka i-Coffee Bar (e-The Mission, eSan Francisco), i-Coffeebar (e-Gastown, eVancouver), i-CoffeeBar LA (etholakala edolobheni laseLos Angeles) neThe Coffee-Bar (etholakala eFiladelphia).