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Italy uses medium and dark roast coffee beans depending on the regions you were in. Roma, Napoli, Milano, all have diff beans so start there and find similar beans. Then to make it, Espresso is unfiltered, high bar. But at home, Italians use Moka pots which mimics this process. There’s a couple tricks for it (like grind size), but in the end it’s not complex and the taste is there. You can find the Lavazza brand in most stores like Trade Joes, and Lavazza is also common in Italy and also happens to be made for Moka pots.
Source: I lived there for a while and love espresso but don’t care to go through so many hoops to make it. I promise you, Italians don’t either.