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A caffè sospeso (; Italian for "suspended coffee") or pending coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone who had experienced good luck would order a ''sospeso'', paying the price of two coffees but receiving and consuming only one. A poor person enquiring later whether there was a ''sospeso'' available would then be served a coffee for free.〔〔 Coffee shops in other countries have adopted the sospeso to increase sales, and to promote kindness and caring in all communities. John Sweeney, of Ireland, launched a social movement called Suspended Coffees in March 2013, as well as a website dedicated to encouraging businesses around the world to join and support the tradition of a cafe sospeso. www.suspendedcoffees.com 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Suspended Coffees )〕 Mr. Sweeney has been featured in numerous publications from around the world, for his efforts in bringing kindness to the forefront. The movement has a following of over a quarter of a million people on social media. In March 2015, Mr. Sweeney gave a TEDx talk on Suspended Coffees and why kindness matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igCjBFTTiNI ==History== One 2010 account claims the tradition was over 100 years old, but declined during the postwar economic boom, so that it is mainly observed around Christmas time. A 2008 article reported the tradition was obsolescent, the reporter having visited three bars where it had not been observed for at least 15 years. Aurelio De Laurentiis is reported to pay for ten ''sospesi'' after each victory by S.S.C. Napoli, the football club of which he is chairman. The ''sospeso'' gave the title to a 2008 journalism collection by Neapolitan Luciano De Crescenzo, ''Il caffe sospeso: Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi'', which helped publicise the tradition throughout Italy. The idea has been reported in cafés in Bulgaria, Ukraine,〔 Australia, Canada, Romania,〔(【引用サイトリンク】date= )〕 Russia, Spain, Argentina, the United States, and Costa Rica. A Dutch campaign at Christmas 2011 gave a discount on the price of the donated coffee. The UK arm of coffee chain Starbucks signed up for a charity initiative based on the suspended coffee concept in April 2013, in which it said it would match the value of each suspended coffee with a cash donation to the Oasis charity. The growth of the trend in other coffee shops in the UK also received media coverage around the same time. On 22 July 2013, a Tuesday, an anonymous customer in Edmonton, Canada, North America paid for 500 large coffees at Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons. This started a trend that spread to a total of 30 locations with over 10,000 cups of coffee being paid for by donors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caffè sospeso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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