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Perched near the edge of downtown St. Joseph’s bluff with its creamy yellow façade and striped awnings, Caffe Tosi is an iconic spot with a Bit O’ Something for everyone. Since its opening in 1993, the rustic Italian eatery at 516 Pleasant Street has evolved from a coffee shop with food into a hybrid café, bake shop, deli and full-blown restaurant...

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Among Domenico Seminara’s prized collection of some 500 cappuccino and espresso machines is the first appliance he ever sold, in 1981, a Faema 1 Group that looks more like a fax machine than something that would yield a cappuccino, which, according to Seminara, is “a cup of coffee—with romance.” He bought back the machine years later to keep in his...

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Italy is widely recognized as the greatest coffee roasting, blending, and coffee centric country in the world.  More remarkable is that Italy is not a coffee growing country, they source their beans mostly from Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. How is coffee such a captivating and large part of Italian culture? “Italians are masters of the...

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A new roastery and coffee bar in Midtown Houston called Un Caffè is giving guests a taste of Italian-style coffee with a distinct focus on craft and performance. Un Caffè Founder, Roaster and Barista Soonkack Kook also embraces the Italian cultural practice of greeting each guest at the bar.  “They can watch every [drink-making] performance,” Kook...

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The espresso machine was invented in Turin, Italy, patented by Angelo Moriondo in 1884, which revolutionized the way of serving the beverage, giving baristas the opportunity to produce many cups in series.  Luigi Bezzera, Desiderio Pavoni, Pier Teresio Arduino and Achille Gaggia contributed to the spreading of espresso: innovators who made signific...

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Italian premium coffee maker Illycaffè, which reported a 16% increase in operating profit last year despite cost inflation, aims to expand in the United States, already its second biggest market after Italy. "We want to grow further, with another double digit increase," Chief Executive Cristina Scocchia told Reuters. North America already accounts...

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Ordering coffee in Italy isn’t as simple as queueing up at your local Starbucks. First, Italians are unfamiliar with the concept of a queue. And second, it is always cheaper (and the Italian way) to order your coffee at the bar and drink it standing up. There likely isn’t a menu of the coffee drinks available anywhere to be found and though Starbuc...

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Picture this: Turin, Italy, 1884, the year the espresso machine was born. Its creator: Angelo Moriondo, an inventor. A few years pass, and two men become entranced by this glorious creation that brews divine coffee with water and steam. These two men, named Luigi Bezzerra and Desiderio Pavoni, were compelled to make improvements to the machine's de...

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Do you start your day with an Americano, espresso, or cappuccino? As you go through the ritual of dosing, tamping, polishing, and pulling shots, you probably don’t give much thought to the father of espresso, Angelo Moriondo. Let’s change that today by celebrating Moriondo and the invention that left a lasting legacy on how we enjoy coffee. Espress...

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Nothing gets your heart pumping quite like competitive international baseball. Except, of course, for a strong shot of espresso. Team Italy, coached by New York Mets legend Mike Piazza, has a unique advantage if and when they get tired while competing at the World Baseball Classic. Their dugout has an espresso machine, with to-go coffee cups and ev...

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