Thanks to the 2018 Trieste Espresso Expo, I now know a few things about the beautiful city of Trieste, Italy (la città del caffè). Let me break it down for you fellas… Arrival In The City Of Coffee The airport in Trieste is TINY. Like one small terminal, about 6 check-in counters and one place to grab a…
While it certainly is POSSIBLE that the famous stove-top espresso maker Bialetti could go out of business ANY company could go out of business? The Famous Stove-Top Espresso Maker – The Moka Yes, this blog title is a bit of click-bait, and let me tell you why. I recently read an article on Grub Street and…
It’s not an overstatement to say that the Bialetti Stove-top espresso makers are amazing and an iconic piece of Italian coffee culture. Some History Of The Best Stove-Top Espresso Maker This stove-top espresso maker, previously sold by us at Coffee In Italia, was invented by Alfonso Bialetti in 1933 and is considered so iconic that it is displayed…
I also wrote about some Italian-American businesses pushing back on Starbucks and their desires to encroach on the beautiful Italian Culture in the North End in Boston.
After traveling to Italy and having a coffee experience from Naples that changed my life I was excited to learn about their famous coffee makers that you should try! A Hidden Gem Of Italian Coffee Makers I was fascinated with this coffee maker for a number of years before I convinced my wife to buy…
I realized that Starbucks is Evil once I saw how they appropriated Italian coffee culture and changed it for the worse. Learn the truth! An All Positive Day! When I talked about my last post with my wife, which admittedly was pretty negative regarding Starbucks, she suggested that I should be more positive. We don’t…
Starbucks is not Italian espresso and I realized that twenty years ago, I went to Italy for the first time. Some of my lasting memories are the bars and Tavola Calda in Rome where we often enjoyed sandwiches, cornetti, cappuccini and caffè espressi. This was about the same time I started to become aware of Starbucks in…
Italian coffee culture is an important part of daily life and experiencing the same love of coffee at home can transport your soul to Turin.
