Italian Coffee: il caffe Italiano+ 6 free coffee cup. Also coffee machines

Italy, the home of Espresso, has more than one brand of coffee, always something new to discover. Earlier this year at the Bellavita exhibition on Italian food and drink in London at the Business Design Centre I had the chance to try new coffees and cakes. The company is old, founded in 1870, but they have lots of flavours which will be new for you to try.

I am learning Italian through Duolingo, but the website was a challenge so I turned to the English.

Here's one with a name which is easy to remember: ilcaffeitaliano - the Italian coffee.
Photos will be added shortly.

The capsules come in different colours and several flavours. Go onto their website and click on English or any other language you choose. The capsules vary in price according to the flavour and the number you are ordering. You get a choice of three different quantities. Some flavours the minimum number is 50 capsules, others sixty capsules, others 100 capsules.

I'll list the flavours alphabetically:
Barley
Dek Intensity
Firenze Intenza 8
Ginseng
Irish Creme
Mocaccino
Vanilla
Venezia Intensity 7

You can buy Nespresso machine compatible capsules. (Most of the capsules I've seen come in two categories, the little cups compatible with Nespresso machines which seem to be an industry standard for the machines used in homes, and the large flat ones used for huge machines in supermarket size retail outlets. (I did once buy capsules which weren't comparable from a UK supermarket.)


You can also order capsules with six free cups. The Italian for cups is tazzine. So one of the cheaper flavours is £29.99 plus £4.99 postage to the UK or Europe, including 6 cups. A cute novelty present to buy yourself, take home, if you are travelling leave coffee and cups for your hosts as a thank you. Or order them to be delivered to your new home or holiday home when you arrive at your (holiday) destination to enjoy novelty coffee throughout your first week.

I called in a member of my family and they pointed out that the prices were not pounds sterling but euro signs, which meant even better value than I had thought.

We carried a small coffee maker (designed for camping) plus coffee capsules, when staying for a week with a friend in Hong Kong. Finding our hosts had no small coffee cups, we bought a set for them as a thank you.

I wrote a couple of posts earlier this year.

www.bellavita.com
www.ilcaffeitaliano.it

The it at the end of the website name stands for Italy.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.