The production cycle, from the grain to the pod, is
entirely carried out inside the company. Roasting is the process that
makes green coffee edible, and guarantees the aromatic and
organoleptic profile that characterizes each coffee blend. The good
coffee dealer may know the technique, but to obtain a delicious
espresso one must reach the art of roasting.
This can be reached only through the love for
coffee, the never-ending research, the daily desire of bettering
yourself.
Caffè Italia has chosen the traditional method
that allows to underline the refinement and the complexity of higher
quality coffee. Only through the traditional method can we control
the metamorphosis that each grain undergoes during the process, and
be sure that the final product meets the requisites for taste and
health that are the basis of our mission.
During the traditional process the grain
undergoes a loss of weight: the structure of grains goes from hard
and elastic, to fragile, and the grain takes the brown color we know
so well. The chemical transformations regard the reduction of
compounds such as water, sugar, chlorogenic acid and trigonelline,
whose decreased concentration increases the digestibility of the
future espresso, while hundreds of other compounds are formed which
take part in the particular aroma of coffee.
Every kind of coffee, every batch of coffee responds
in a different way to the roasting process, which must be therefore
carefully monitored through the technological and viewing control.
For this reason we chose to carry out separate
roasting for each single compound of our blends.
In fact, we believe that only through slow,
accurate and specific elaboration we are able to offer you an
espresso containing the lowest concentration of impurities or of
aromatic compounds: our palate identifies them as bad taste, but
inside our organism they create unpleasant feelings of
non-digestibility, burning sensations and in extreme cases
complications in the liver, intestine or nervous system.
Blending takes place through automatic instruments,
programmed to blend the different compounds according to the Caffè
Italia recipes.
The final product is kept in special silos
with perfect atmosphere, to avoid any possible oxidation of grains
and, therefore, guarantee that the product that will be shipped is
perfectly in compliance with all the quality specifications.
At this point, the grains take two different paths.
Those dedicated to the packaging in grains are
inserted in special packages under pressure.
The blends and the single-origin coffees
destined to the production of coffee pods are sent to grinding and
then to the production of the pod. Each pod is realized in a
disposable package, packaged in an environment protected by nitrogen
to avoid oxidation.
All the Caffè Italia production processes
guarantee the highest usability of the product and the health of the
consumer. This is the health-making taste.