{"id":10851,"date":"2020-07-24T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caffevergnano.com\/a-journey-into-italian-espresso\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:08:24","slug":"a-journey-into-italian-espresso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caffevergnano.com\/en\/blog\/a-journey-into-italian-espresso\/","title":{"rendered":"A journey into Italian espresso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1882 Domenico Vergnano opens a small\napothecary in Chieri, a small mediaeval city on the hills of Torino. The offer\nis wide: cocoa and many different spices, pasta and of course coffee. Little by\nlittle he starts to specialize in the purchasing and selling of green coffee,\nexpanding his business also in Torino. The high opportunities brought by this\nexpansion to the city convinced the founder to start roasting the green coffee\nbeans too: Caff\u00e8 Vergnano was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the history of coffee in Italy begins\non a specific date and place: in 1570 in Venice, when the first Juta bags\ncontaining green coffee arrived from the East.<br>\nAt the beginning the drink was sold in pharmacies only, but the high cost of\nthe product made it an attraction especially for the wealthier classes: in a\nshort time the number of &#8220;coffee shops&#8221; around the city increased, reaching\nthe number of 218 in Venice in 1763.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nIt is around these years that coffee becomes symbol of conviviality and family,\nthe fundamental values of the Italian spirit. Coffee becomes soon an\nopportunity for friends and lovers to meet in coffee shops to share the unique\ntaste of this drink.<br>\n<br>\nThis is how coffee conquered all regions of Italy, captured by its unique\nflavour, each one with a specific \u201cpreferred\u201d blend either sweeter loved in the\nnorthern regions or stronger as people like it in the south. Whether sweet or\nbitter, coffee is a true \u201cmust have\u201d in Italian homes. A tradition that passes\nfrom generation to generation, accompanying the most important moments of a\nfamily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caffevergnano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/family2-1024x636-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56286\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Italy we count more than 400 coffee\nroasting companies and many cities claiming to be the \u201ccoffee capital\u201d from\nVenice, where the first coffee bag arrived, to Trieste a key port where green\ncoffee still arrives in huge quantities daily. But doubtlessly the winning city\nis Turin, the first capital of Italy and the capital of espresso.&nbsp; The first espresso was tasted in Turin in\n1884, the city was already excelling in the art of coffee roasting, and\nreaches another record that no other city will ever be able to conquer, because\n&#8211; in Turin &#8211; the first example of an espresso coffee machine was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The espresso soon became one of the most popular drink in Caf\u00e9s and the\nespresso coffee machine had proved to be a brilliant invention. The machine was\npatented in May 1884 and became a \u201cmust have\u201d for all the popular cafeterias of\nTurin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caffevergnano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56290\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowadays coffee is a \u201cpillar\u201d of Italian\nculture, it is a ritual that connects families and friends all over Italy. Not\nonly espresso at the bar but also coffee accurately prepared with the moka pot\nat home. Either with this popular Italian extraction method or with capsules you\nwill always find a cup of coffee waiting for you at your parents\u2019 house or at a\nfriend\u2019s. it is indeed a pillar of Italian values and a \u201c<em>fil rouge<\/em>\u201d over\ntime and territory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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