Caffè e spezie. Un legame che da secoli è strettissimo, indissolubile. Caffè e cardamomo, caffè e anice, zucchero, cannella. Il più delle volte il caffè viene però utilizzato in pasticceria ed in generale nelle preparazioni dolci. Vuoi per abitudine, vuoi per la facilità di utilizzo. Il caffè, sia estratto (quindi in forma liquida) sia macinato […]
C’era una volta un panificio sotto i portici di Bologna. Sì ho detto panificio e non bakery. Una bottega dove entri ed il profumo di pane, focaccia e dolci appena sfornati ti riempie le narici, scalda i polmoni nelle fredde giornate invernali ed il bancone fa brillare gli occhi (ed anche il pancino). Brisa è […]
Quando Andrea mi ha scritto dicendomi che mi avrebbe mandato un “regalo” non sapevo bene cosa aspettarmi. Mi aveva parlato di cascara. Cascara, per chi non sa di cosa stiamo parlando, è la buccia esterna del frutto del caffè, della ciliegia. Questa viene fatte essiccare e si può utilizzare per preparare un infuso, simile ad […]
Specialty coffee in the last few weeks is a trend topic. With small roasteries goint to the big shopping chains people are getting more and more curious about this. There is still a misunderstanding of the word “specialty”, many tend to use it as a synonim of “special”, saying that this coffee is special. But […]
This post today is to start the week in a sweet way. Sometimes we need something extra, something that will change our routine. So why not trying a small sweet treat for ourselves? Super easy, super fats, few ingredients, no baking is the perfect coffee treat for our break: coffee panna cotta. What we need:100ml […]
Last week we expressed our thoughts about why coffee price must increase. Today’s headline is a little bit provocative but not completely. Let’s see why. Price increase is seen as a sudden revolution to the consumer’s eye. He should be aware that something is changing and therefore a higher price will be required. For coffee […]
Milan on 18th May re-opened. It is not a total reopening as a large majority of coffee shops and restaurants decided to wait. Wait and see. Because this uncertain times are far way Dangerous to our community, to our business. Who on Monday morning opened the doors of his coffee shop faced major difficulties. No […]
Good morning everyone! It’s Friday and finally one month after I am very proud to share with you my latest news. This short book (available in kindle shop too), is my coffee journey. How it all began. It features coffee history through countries and centuries, my love for ibrik, how I won the competition and […]
As we spent and are still spending most of our days at home brewing coffee became not only a necessity but a pleasure for most of us. Brewing at home became not only a moment for coffee lovers but more and more people approached the art of brewing. At the same time another practice increased […]
As lockdown is beginning to loosen and coffee shops are about to re-open some urgent questions need to find an answer. After almost 10 weeks of complete shut down of roasteries, coffee shops, trade and consuming coffee outside our homes how will be the new way to drink coffee? Are we going to buy take […]
