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Hehe I agree! Unfortunately here there are still a lot of places and shopping malls without a proper cafe and I sometimes still have to rely on their instant coffee if I'm in the mood!

Which is your country? I mean, here in Bulgaria it’s completely normal for every Cafè, or bar, or restaurant, or whatever you can think of, to have an espresso machine. It’s pretty terrible espresso most of the time, but when you order “a coffee”, anywhere, you’ll get an espresso like 95% of the cases. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I am based in Bangladesh. Espresso machines haven’t really caught up here, it's slowly changing though. But still, you’d expect to see one in slightly more posh restaurants and posh shopping malls. I have in fact been disappointed to not find one in one of the nicest, busiest mall in the Capital.

That’s a little bit shameful, but after all I don’t think espresso is so popular in Asia. I’ve spent in Japan a lot of time and there also is very difficult to find espresso coffee. In Europe, we may be closer to Italy, the mother of espresso machines, and they seem to be everywhere! I think the situation is gradually changing and the global coffee culture is developing in all the continents. Maybe we just need a bit more time and patience.