Jan 23 2009
Italy’s Best Gourmet Coffee
Though the best coffee beans grow all over the world, people still consider Italy to be at the heart of the coffee world, and with good reason. No coffee is actually produced there, but they have turned coffee roasting into an art.
It would be hard to say what is Italy’s best gourmet coffee. There are a number of brands that are fairly well-known and available in the United States. If you are looking to try some Italian gourmet coffee, that would be the best place to start.
Illy not only makes a whole line of coffee products, they produce some of the finest espresso machines on the market as well. They sell both whole bean coffee, as well as ground. Their ground coffee comes in several coarsenesses, to suit your personal coffee brewing style. You can order their coffee from their website. Though Illy is Italian, they have facilities in the United States, so you aren’t getting your coffee actually shipped from overseas. Makes for faster and fresher delivery. Gourmet food stores and upscale coffee shops usually carry Illy products as well.
Another excellent brand of gourmet coffee from Italy is Segafredo. Definitely not as well-known a name as Illy, but its getting there. You can buy their coffee from their online shop, in whole bean, ground or in pre-packaged pods (used in many newer coffee and espresso machines). Segafredo also has decaf and instant coffee.
And one final Italian gourmet coffee that you should watch for is Lavazza. It’s better known in Europe where Lavazza has several chains of espresso bars and coffee shops.
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I’m sorry, but I fail to see how a mass-manufactured product could ever be classed as ‘gourmet’. Purchasing beans that have been sitting around for weeks or months just won’t cut it, you might as well buy your ‘coffee’ from McD’s or StarB’s. Seriously, beans go off in under a week. Find a boutique roastery and buy fresh, grind only seconds before pulling your shot. Oh yeah, Italy makes the worlds best espresso machines, it is very unfortunate that most Italian barristas have little idea of how to actually use them properly.