Real Italian Coffee generates convincing names for posh gourmet coffee the old-fashioned way, with mad-libs rather than neural networks. Yes, I'd like a Effusione Vallaggio, Torite Lungo and a 32 oz Possina Lungo Decaffeinato for the kid. The button to click is rather small and hard to see: scroll all the way down the page. [via Hacker News]
Fake Italian coffee name generator
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