While the world is still struggling with the Covid19 virus, slow and timid signals of re-opening are becoming stronger in our cities. Milan and Italy have slowly started to re-open since 3rd June. It is quite early to foresee how these three months of complete lockdown will affect the coffee industry. What is sure is […]
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The price of re-opening
Today, 3rd June, Italy is officially reopening all its activities and the free circulation between regions. Despite the optimism of workers and employers this time is the most challenging for the Country since 1945. After three months of lockdown activities recorded a major loss in their earnings, as a direct consequence it is foreseen that […]
Entrepreneur Mindset
Now that our activities re-started, restaurants and bars are ready to welcome us back. It’s not the place to write about safety as we all should keep it in mind. What I want to express today is a general feeling that we need to switch our mindset. Until now we have just been executors, wether […]
Coffee as a meditation
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 […]
The reality of farming – Colombia
Coffee is just coffe. Nothing could be more wrong than this. Let me tell you a story… There is a woman named Marlene. She comes from Colombia. She travels to Greece where she found love: Dimitri. They travel back to Colombia together. Why am I telling you this story? Keep reading… Once in Colombia, in […]
Living in uncertainty
This is by far the worst period that our generation has to face. But as I am strongly believing this will also be a great opportunity to “born again” in a certain way. Once the bad days will past I think, I hope to be honest, that we will enjoy life at its fuellest. I […]
Empowering the role of women in the coffee industry
Only few days ago has been the International women’s day, 8th of March. As I am doing since many years now I bought myself some flowers and opened a bottle of red Italian wine. I’ve decided to refuse flowers in the last years, I found this habit something not true, something that just to follow […]
Why you should be proud of being a barista.
How many times you saw that weird reaction on people’s face when you say you are a barista. I guess almost every time you answer the question: “What do you do for living?”. Am I wrong? At least this is true in Italy, I’m sure that outside the country things are slightly different. Every time […]
Coffee… decanter
I’ve always been curious about coffee and the new techniques one can use. And what I love the most is the use of an object that is aimed to be used in another way. I love mixing techniques and looking at most experienced colleagues. When I saw some of them using a wine decanter to […]
Specialty State of Coffee
Last weekend took place the second edition of Milan Coffee Festival at Superstudio Più. Three days full of coffee tasting, workshops, live performances and competitions plus some great food corners where you had the chance to taste artisanal bakery good like panettone and pizza. This has been the second edition here in Milan after major […]