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Home of Italian Coffee...
Submitted by Flip on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 05:49In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
The best coffee we have had in Italy with out a doubt is in Napoli. I think virtually every Cafe we visited there served excellent coffee; and the proffered blend being Kimbo. Don't forget that Lucca is a tourist hot spot so repeat custom isn't high on establishments list. Best to go to a small local coffee shop that has a loyal following near the walls not one in Via Fillungo..
In reply to Home of Italian Coffee... by Flip
My 'house coffee' has been Kimbo "Black" for aeons. I would stock up on it whenever it came on 'special offer', and was delighted to get 250g for €1,99. So, my coffee supply had run out, and what price did I see - €3.19 for 250g. I'm sorry, that is just TOO expensive to contemplate, so I bought a pack of the Coop own brand espresso casa at €1,63 (plus a pack of Kimbo black in case the 'own brand' was undrinkable). Well, the Coop brand was certainly drinkable, and I would say a great deal less than €1,60 "worse" than the Kimbo (the difference in price benig about €1,60). So that was ten days ago, and the coffee stock situation was gettnig low - blow me if the Coop own brand hasn't gone above the €2,00 mark! I hear that in the commodities market coffee is 'on a run' - the crack is that this is down to 'speculators' - I dunno. But, do you know what unexpected consequences this has on the Italian economy? I'll tell you. It costs me 80 cents to drink a coffee in a bar. I decide that, because it now costs me 60% more to make DIY coffee at home (due, possibly, to speculators) I will simply not buy coffee in bars, and if I drink two less coffees in a bar I can pay the extra €1,60 for the pack of coffee in the supermarket. This is all complete madness - the bar cannot up the cost of an espresso because the regione has 'fixed' it: does this mean they are still able to source coffee beans at the 'old price'? I doubt it. They are not making as much profit as they did before on coffee, and people like me are nipping in to buy fags and not buying the coffee. Buying the coffee was a social thing - it used to be almost obligatory (because just nipping in for fags was a bit rude) - but everyody can cope with 'rude' when they have the piss taken out of them by the price asked for supermarket coffee. Rant over - maybe it is called globalisation. But when your favourite bar closes the shutters finally, and there is nowhere for the ancients to socialise - it is something to regret, I think.
COFFEE AT DE SIMO
Submitted by Gala Placidia on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 07:09In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
COFFEE AS A SOCIALISING FACTOR
Submitted by Gala Placidia on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 02:37In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
You are right, Phillide, coffee drinking at the bar is part of social interacting in Italy and it would be a tragedy if this custom disappears. You can still drink coffee at 80c a cup in many Italian bars; however, in others, prices are going up. Coffee has increased its price in world markets and I would say that it is all due to world speculation. I also doubt very much that any part of these increases will end up in the pockets of coffee farmers in Colombia, Costa Rica, Kenya or New Guinea...