By the mid-17th Century, elegant cafes were established in Venice and Vienna, and coffee was revered as a luxurious drink, enjoyed by aristocrats and intellectuals. But after one sip, the Pope declared it was so good that it should not be exclusive to the "infidels". Catholics called it "The Devil's drink" and rallied Pope Clement VIII to ban it. Though the drink was immediately beloved, it aroused suspicion because of its unfamiliar buzzy effects and associations with Islam.
"It's a special pleasure."Ĭoffee is thought to have first arrived in Italy in 1570 when physician Prospero Alpini brought coffee beans from Egypt to sell in Venetian pharmacies. Ressa added that even when she and other Triestini go caving in the limestone grottoes that surround the city, theybring along a specially designed heater, pot and cups, so they can take a break with a buon caffe (good coffee). And you never see anyone walking with a to-go cup." "Instead of just standing at the bar and drinking a quick coffee like in other Italian cities, here we sit down and take our time, we make appointments with each other for caffe. "Coffee is definitely a thing here," said Alessandra Ressa, an English teacher who moved from San Francisco to Trieste 20 years ago. Not only are the Triestini said to drink twice as much of the stuff per year as anywhere else in Italy – an eye-popping 10kg of coffee beans each annually – but it's also home to the Mediterranean's main coffee port and one of Italy's biggest coffee brands: Illy. But in an already coffee-obsessed country, many people might be surprised to learn that this far-flung border city is commonly considered Italy's unofficial "Coffee Capital". After home, this is where social life often unfolds, as people from all generations gather with friends to share the latest gossip and pass the time. As Kochetkova sees it, connecting with the coffee tradition in this city is one of the best ways to truly become a part of Trieste.Ĭafes are a second living room for many Italians.
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She and her husband, Francesco Stumpo, an Italian from Savona, happily translate Trieste's unique cafe code to help newcomers.
"Instead of a ' caffe' (espresso), you order a ' nero' for a cappuccino you say ' caffelatte'." The list goes on. It also collaborates with Columbia University New York and Cornell University of Ithaca, SDA Bocconi and Politecnico of Milano, LUISS Guido Carli and La Sapienza, CUOA Vicenza and MIB Trieste."I thought I needed a PhD to order coffee when I first moved here!" said Maria Kochetkova, editor of In Trieste, an English-language magazine for the city's many expats. The development of the Università del Caffè has been made possible thanks partly to its fruitful collaborations with Italian and international partners, which have led to the formalization of important partnership agreements with: Master in Food and Bioresource Technologies of Management Center Innsbruck, MasterFood of University of Pisa, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros in Colombia, Advanced Course of Restaurant, Bar & Sommellerie Management of ALMA, Master in Food & Wine of Salesian University Institute of Venice (IUSVE).
The Trieste headquarters are equipped with a multimedia lecture room with a maxi screen, Dolby Surround and computer stations: it is also where the lessons are held, and acts as a tasting laboratory and bar.
It is here that the Master’s degree in Coffee Economics and Science – Ernesto Illy is held, as are all the courses offered by the Università del Caffè, which often include a tour round the illy plant. The city is therefore well-established as the world centre of coffee culture. The Università del Caffè headquarters are in Trieste, where illycaffè was first founded and is still based.
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