Tanthauzo: Baala ya khofi ndi malo omwe akufanana ndi nyumba ya khofi kapena shopu la khofi. Komabe, khola la khofi limayikidwa ngati bar, kupereka zakumwa zofiira mofulumira (makamaka espresso shots ) zomwe zingaledzere poyimirira kapena pokhala pampando kapena mpando wofanana.
Miphika yambiri ya khofi kunja kwa Italy ili ndi zokongoletsera zamakono, zozizwitsa za ku Ulaya. Komabe, mafashoni ndi nambala ya mipando nthawi zambiri ndi zosiyana, zikuwonetsera kusiyana kwakukulu kwa chikhalidwe cha momwe khofi imagwiritsidwira ntchito.
Ku Italy, zakumwa zambiri zimathetsedwa mwamsanga pamatabwa, ngakhale nthawi zina zimatha kupanga ndi kumwa zakumwa pokhala pakhomo kapena kunja (ngakhale izi zingakhale zofunikira). Kunja kwa Italy, mipando ya khofi imakhala nthawi zonse yopatsa mipando komanso zakumwa zoyenera "kupita," ndipo ogula amakonda kugula mowa kuti azidya kwinakwake kapena kumwa mowa panthawi yomwe amagwiritsira ntchito WiFi (yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala yaulere), kukambirana ndi kumasuka.
Mawu oti "khofi" ndi ofanana ndi "espresso bar". Mitengo ya Espresso ndi khofi zinayambira ku Italy. Masiku ano, malo otchuka kwambiri a khofi omwe amachokera ku espresso bar model ndi Starbucks Coffee, yotsatira UK's Costa Coffee.
Makapu ambiri a khofi amapereka chakudya kuphatikizapo espresso ndi zakumwa za khofi. Izi zimakonda kukhala mchere (monga Bretotti ya Italy ndi mapepala osasangalatsa monga mafine, scones ndi croissants), ngakhale kuti khofi zina zimaperekanso zosankha zabwino (monga sandwiches).
M'kati mwa Italy, zimakhalanso zachilendo kuti apange mowa, monga grappa ndi sambuca ). Ndipotu mawu akuti barista amachokera ku liwu lachi Italiya la gartender! Izi zimachokera ku chizolowezi cha zakumwa zoledzeretsa ndi zakumwa za espresso zomwe ziyenera kukonzedwa ndi akatswiri omwewa. Komabe, kuledzeretsa zakumwa zoledzeretsa pamasamba omwe si a ku Italy omwe amapezeka ku espresso amatha kukhala ochepa pa khofi.
Malo ogulitsira khofi omwe amatchedwa "khofi" amaphatikizapo Coffee Coffee (yomwe ili ku The Mission, San Francisco), The Coffeebar (yomwe ili ku Gastown, Vancouver), CoffeeBar LA (yomwe ili ku mzinda wa Los Angeles) ndi The Coffee-Bar (yomwe ilipo ku Philadelphia).