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New in Rome, Fax Factory: specialty bar and cultural hub

It's called Fax Factory Art&Specialtycoffee, and it's located in the Pigneto neighbourhood. A new cultural hub where quality art and coffee coexist harmoniously. The latest Roman coffee project.

Bialetti risks bankruptcy. Is the Italian brand truly at risk?

The Italian brand of coffee makers has for years been faced with major economic problems. The request for restructuring of the corporate debt by the Och-Ziff Capital fund will be assessed by the Court of Brescia on November 14th. Meanwhile,...

Studio Bellissimo designs the new Lavazza logo for Open Coffee

Lavazza launches a brand new digital space intended as a forum hub for coffee lovers. Turin-based design studio Bellissimo is in charge of the graphics and the creation of an ad hoc icon for the platform.

Coffee Collective, the roaster that’s taking Copenhagen by storm

To brew a fine cup of coffee one needs to study, dedication and research. In order to promote the black gold coffee culture, and instil awareness in consumers, one needs entrepreneurial mentality and a pinch of courage. Like Coffee Collective...

From teahouse to Starbucks. The group’s new coffeehouse is in a historic machiya

A new Starbucks branch in Japan wants to promote the history and the design of Kyoto's temples. Here's the whole story.

Coffees – Italians do it better the first ever documentary on the opening of Starbucks in Italy

It’s now more than official: Starbucks Reserve will open in Milan, in piazza Cordusio, in 2018. The wait is fervent. What are the thoughts on this by the Italian coffee-expert community? And the expats? A documentary inquires on the US...

The latest McDonald’s ad makes fun of the specialty coffee trend, doing it a favour

Irreverent and entertaining, the McDonald's ad aims to publicise the coffee corner of the fast food franchise, the McCafè. It does so making fun of the new trend of specialty coffee bars, highly select roasts and extracted by attentive baristas....

Università del Caffè illy: history and evolution of the Trieste school of coffee

Born in '99 in Naples and then relocated to Trieste, the university is still housed in the company’s HQ. Since then, over 25 branches have opened worldwide, each focussing on spreading quality coffee culture. This is the story of Università...

Orsonero Coffee, third wave coffee in Milan

The budding Italian coffee scene is expanding, despite there being a long way to go still. Canadian Brent Jopson takes a wild gamble and opens a specialty coffee joint with modern extraction methods in Milan. 

New York roaster Dillon Edwards of Parlor Coffee on the Italian beverage

In Brooklyn, Parlor Coffee spells quality and innovation. The small artisan roaster is part of the wave of US specialty coffee bars. With the help of the owner we defined the differences between New York city and Italian coffee bars.
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