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Do you love coffee and want to use it to make delicious desserts? Discover our dairy and egg free recipes. These three delicious recipes will delight […]

Coffee shops has always been considered the meeting point for people of all ages and they are immune to economic crisis as long as you have the right commercial approach.

What’s better than a delightful coffee break, enjoying the pleasure of an intense bold aroma? Accompany it with a great dessert! Here are 4 delicious coffee […]

We never get tired of coffee. For enthusiasts, its simple pleasure is synonymous of an indispensable coffee break. If you are in the mood for a […]

Is coffee your first thought in the morning? Here you will find a few ideas to pamper yourself with an alternative breakfast featuring coffee as the […]

Coffee shop windows are an important calling card for your business. They are a preview of what customers can find inside, the essence of what they could miss out on if they don’t walk in and have something to eat or drink. For this reason, your window display requires your utmost attention.
Inaugurating the day with a dear old steaming cappuccino served at your favourite café is a tradition for most Italians. This evergreen drink made of espresso and milk foam has recently been reinvented with gourmet, creative trends such as latte art.

The pleasure that a good cup of coffee can give is beyond compare. However, not everyone knows just how many different ways coffee beans can be […]

All you need is a little imagination to stand out from your competitors and gain the largest share of the market. Therefore, creativity is the word!
The main world coffee producers and its market We love coffee for its aromatic fragrances, for the friendly moments and the power it gives us in […]

Throughout the world you can find many kinds of coffee, related to different cultures and costumes. The Italian version is one of the most popular, but […]

In 1882 Domenico Vergnano opens a small apothecary in Chieri, a small mediaeval city on the hills of Torino. The offer is wide: cocoa and many […]
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Discover our dairy and egg free recipes. These three delicious recipes will delight all your guests. Coffee desserts are appreciated not only by all true coffee lovers but also by those who don’t usually drink it. If you're looking for scrumptious dairy and egg free recipes, these three desserts have been specially created for you:
- Velvety mousse
- Coffee cream
- Afternoon tea biscuits
Here are 4 successful strategies to increase your proceeds:
- Pay attention to detail
- Aim at a specific target customer
- Be original
- Use promotional means offered by the web
- 250g flour 00
- 100g butter
- 100g sugar
- 3 tbsp of coffee
- A pinch of baking powder
- 1 sachet of vanilla flavouring
- 80ml coffee
- 2 eggs/li>
- 200ml whipped cream
- 100g sugar
- 500ml coffee
- 100g sugar50ml water
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- Whipped cream to taste
- Coffee beans
- 150g flour 00
- 1 egg
- 80g sugar
- 3 cups of coffee
- 1/2 sachet of baking powder
- Icing sugar
- Citrus fruits
- Chocolate
- Hazelnut cream
- Liqueur
- Whipped cream
Coffee shop windows are an important calling card for your business. They are a preview of what customers can find inside, the essence of what they could miss out on if they don’t walk in and have something to eat or drink. For this reason, your window display requires your utmost attention.
Distinguishing Marks: Simply Beautiful
Your coffee shop window should be beautiful. Beautiful in the objective sense of the word. Because, even in this case, beauty can be objective and some aspects are universally acknowledged as being beautiful, no matter what your personal tastes or aesthetic preferences are. And this doesn’t depend on the brand, style, materials or technical features of your business. So, what are the 5 original ideas to set up your coffee shop window display? They are ideas that go way beyond detail, concepts that will be found in each area of your café, in your staff’s movements, in the atmosphere you breathe the moment you wish someone “Good morning!”. These ideas include layout, tidiness, cleanliness, quantity, quality and variety. They don’t necessarily have to be in this order since they are all equally important and one does not exclude the other.
The Ingredients to Great Success
The ABCs of setting up your shop window lie in your DNA and experience will have increased your knowledge, perhaps through training courses or the generous advice of family and friends. The display area should be clean and tidy to the nth degree. This is something that can’t be considered as a minor detail. Your job and reputation are at stake here. At the same time, it should be abundant in quantity and variety – never leave empty spaces.
- A personalised description of the product. "Verba volant, scripta manent". An original product info card in all its features – material, handwriting and holder. The information and name of the product should also reflect who you are.
- Fruit compositions. Mother nature provides us with a great quantity of fresh fruit all through the year. Display it with taste and style to offer inviting snacks at any time of the day. There are infinite combinations.
- Recall the times of year. Depending on the period of the year, you can draw inspiration from the calendar to create special breakfasts, snacks or tastings. The various festivities and other celebrations will give you plenty of ideas from which to choose.
- Natural local products. Everyone likes them, especially you. You should display them in a special corner, revealing your dedication to ecological sustainability. Simple floral decorations will add great value and refinement.
- The house specialities. Select and display your house specialities and periodically interchange them in the shop window. To capture the attention of passers-by, choose a vintage name that is more evocative than usual names and your coffee shop will be also remembered for its traditional recipes.
Impeccable milk foam
A cappuccino that is tasty to drink and original to admire begins from the base: milk frothed to perfection. To make the foam as firm and soft as you wish, froth the milk in a pitcher with the steaming wand of the espresso machine, holding the tip of the wand just under the surface of the milk. [shortcode-banner-accademia-en]How to move the foam
Once you have prepared the foam, pour it into the cup with the espresso to create the design of your choice. The very heart of decoration art lies in the way the flow is managed when pouring. You will give life to the details of your final work of art by gauging the direction and intensity of your movements.The most popular latte art techniques
If you want to recreate impressive designs, you will need to practice an elaborate mix of processes and techniques. These are the three most popular ones:- Art bar
- Etching
- Pouring
Tips for cappuccinos with beautiful designs
Before serving a "special” cappuccino to your customers, study the psychology of your target. Each design will evoke a sensation, a feeling or an image: avoid referring to something unwelcome or unsuitable to the person in front of you. Also, choose the right time for serving the beautiful design. If customers are in a hurry, they won’t have the time to appreciate certain subtleties! To learn other tricks of the trade on latte art and cappuccino foam, visit the website page of the Vergnano Academy! And if in the morning you have breakfast at home, in your pyjamas, treat yourself to an unusual cappuccino decorating it with cocoa powder with specific stencils or a toothpick to work the contours of the milk foam. [post_title] => 5 Secrets to Decorate Cappuccino and Amaze your Customers [post_excerpt] => Inaugurating the day with a dear old steaming cappuccino served at your favourite café is a tradition for most Italians. 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The benefits of coffee for our body and soul are countless. Savouring a good cup of hot coffee is an invigorating pleasure at any time of the day. Coffee in fact can also come in handy on many other occasions. Here are just a few examples. Coffee as a deodorant Grind a handful of coffee beans and place the powder in a small open container in the fridge. In this way, the coffee will absorb any bad odours and there will always be a fresh, pleasant smell in your fridge. Speaking of aromas, you may not know that all good perfume shops provide coffee beans because smelling them makes your nose more sensitive to fragrances, helping to prevent olfactory fatigue while sampling one perfume after another. Delicious treats If you have a sweet tooth, you can use your favourite blend to prepare in a few easy steps excellent pralines to accompany your coffee break or to be enjoyed at any time through the day. Simply melt a bar of dark chocolate à bain marie and dip the coffee beans one at a time. Once they are covered evenly, extract them with a teaspoon and leave them to cool down on a sheet of baking paper. When cool, separate them from the paper and put them in a small bag or, even better, in a small tin box that you can carry around with you. Wrapped up nicely these delicacies can also become a special gift for coffee lovers. Fertiliser for acidophilic plants Ground coffee or coffee grounds are excellent fertilisers for acidophilic plants. Azaleas, mimosas, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, roses and camellias love acidic soil. Enriching it with coffee is a great way to restore the correct pH level, especially if the water in your town is hard because limestone tends to reduce soil acidity. It will also help to keep ants and insects away from your balcony or garden. An excellent anti-cellulite treatment Are you trying hard to fight cellulite? You will have probably noticed that one of the most popular ingredients of anti-cellulite creams on the market is caffeine, which is beneficial in counteracting fluid stagnation and stimulating micro-circulation. If you want to prepare an excellent organic cellulite treatment, try mixing almond oil with coffee powder and massage the areas to be treated. Let it rest, then rinse under the shower. The light exfoliating effect of coffee will make your skin smoother, brighter, more hydrated and – with a bit of perseverance – firmer. In the salt cellar Adding a few coffee beans to your salt cellar or sugar dispenser is a simple, practical way to absorb humidity and ensure that salt and sugar always remain dry and do not form nasty lumps. 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You go to a pottery café to paint. After ordering their cappuccino, customers are invited to pick a cup or a small ceramic or chalk statue and, paint brush in hand, let their creativity flow. Pottery cafés usually dedicate one day a week to ceramics and offer standard coffee shop service during the rest of the week. Once everything has been set, from the drying to the price of the small statues, the café will become the place to be for all ages.Art Gallery
It would be great if your coffee shop could attract not only coffee but also art lovers. Dreaming is not enough: to turn a coffee shop into a meeting point for artists and intellectuals you need a special concept. Many coffee shops display works of art: not only paintings but also wooden sculptures, chalk masks, wrought-iron frames or hand-made jewellery.Play Area
In Northern Europe, coffee shops with a play area have become popular. Perhaps because they have more children? In Italy, there are so few that the opening of a new one triggers word of mouth between families with children. For those looking for a softer solution, a bookcase containing fairy tales, sheets of paper, crayons and some board games would be enough. Parents will certainly remember it!Voucher
Loyalty discounts never go out of fashion. If, for every coffee purchased you give the tenth one free, you will most certainly attract a group of habitués to your coffee shop. Vouchers have the immediate effect of increasing sales and are a great starting point to trigger word of mouth. Sandwiches can be sold at half-price after a specific time and who buys ice-cream may be entitled to a free ball after the third one.Customisable Interior Walls
Are you looking for innovative ideas to decorate an empty wall? If the wall is made of exposed bricks, you could sell the bricks virtually and give the proceeds to charity. The buyer of the brick may colour it or write an inscription. If the wall is plastered, part of it could become a large blackboard for customers to write their thoughts.Pet Café
Wouldn’t it be nice to share your space with a pet even in a café? You could set up a cat café and share the sofa with a sleepy cat or even an aquarium café with tropical fish in plain view. Even a café in a city farm can be inviting and is an unusual way to spend an afternoon. [post_title] => 6 Creative Ideas for an Innovative Coffee Shop [post_excerpt] => All you need is a little imagination to stand out from your competitors and gain the largest share of the market. Therefore, creativity is the word! [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => 6-creative-ideas-for-an-innovative-coffee-shop [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-06-22 10:31:41 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-06-22 08:31:41 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.caffevergnano.com/blog/6-creative-ideas-for-an-innovative-coffee-shop/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => blog [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [9] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 69730 [post_author] => 5 [post_date] => 2016-05-12 13:10:15 [post_date_gmt] => 2016-05-12 11:10:15 [post_content] =>The main world coffee producers and its market
- the blend used is grounded finer for Espresso, whereas it is grounded bigger for drip;
- espresso is consumed much more quickly in order to not lose the aroma;
- in order to prepare American coffee, it is essential to use a paper filter, from which the name “filter coffee” is derived
In 1882 Domenico Vergnano opens a small apothecary in Chieri, a small mediaeval city on the hills of Torino. The offer is wide: cocoa and many different spices, pasta and of course coffee. Little by little he starts to specialize in the purchasing and selling of green coffee, expanding his business also in Torino. The high opportunities brought by this expansion to the city convinced the founder to start roasting the green coffee beans too: Caffè Vergnano was born.
But the history of coffee in Italy begins
on a specific date and place: in 1570 in Venice, when the first Juta bags
containing green coffee arrived from the East.
At the beginning the drink was sold in pharmacies only, but the high cost of
the product made it an attraction especially for the wealthier classes: in a
short time the number of "coffee shops" around the city increased, reaching
the number of 218 in Venice in 1763.
It is around these years that coffee becomes symbol of conviviality and family,
the fundamental values of the Italian spirit. Coffee becomes soon an
opportunity for friends and lovers to meet in coffee shops to share the unique
taste of this drink.
This is how coffee conquered all regions of Italy, captured by its unique
flavour, each one with a specific “preferred” blend either sweeter loved in the
northern regions or stronger as people like it in the south. Whether sweet or
bitter, coffee is a true “must have” in Italian homes. A tradition that passes
from generation to generation, accompanying the most important moments of a
family.

In Italy we count more than 400 coffee roasting companies and many cities claiming to be the “coffee capital” from Venice, where the first coffee bag arrived, to Trieste a key port where green coffee still arrives in huge quantities daily. But doubtlessly the winning city is Turin, the first capital of Italy and the capital of espresso. The first espresso was tasted in Turin in 1884, the city was already excelling in the art of coffee roasting, and reaches another record that no other city will ever be able to conquer, because - in Turin - the first example of an espresso coffee machine was born.
The espresso soon became one of the most popular drink in Cafés and the espresso coffee machine had proved to be a brilliant invention. The machine was patented in May 1884 and became a “must have” for all the popular cafeterias of Turin.

Nowadays coffee is a “pillar” of Italian culture, it is a ritual that connects families and friends all over Italy. Not only espresso at the bar but also coffee accurately prepared with the moka pot at home. Either with this popular Italian extraction method or with capsules you will always find a cup of coffee waiting for you at your parents’ house or at a friend’s. it is indeed a pillar of Italian values and a “fil rouge” over time and territory.
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- Coffee cream
- Afternoon tea biscuits