Marocchino is a coffee

Coffee

Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...

 drink created in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Italy. It is served in a small glass and consists of a shot of espresso

Espresso

Espresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. Espresso is widely known throughout the world....

 (ristretto), cocoa powder and milk froth. The name Marocchino is derived from its colour, as marocchino was a type of light brown leather used in the 1930s to make hair bands.

Preparation

The method of preparing Marocchino from bar to bar and from barista

Barista

A barista is a person, usually a coffee-house employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.- Application of the title :...

to barista, each claiming to be the original. The glass cup is first dusted with cocoa powder, then it is topped up with milk froth and espresso (not necessarily in that order). After a final dusting of cocoa the Marocchino is ready to be served.