95 million cups of coffee are consumed in a day in Italian bars

Trieste, the capital of coffee. The eleventh edition of Triestespresso Expo 2024 took place these days, an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Giulia (through its in-house company Aries Scarl and in collaboration with the Associazione Caffé Trieste and the Municipality of Trieste) and dedicated to coffee "in the cup". The show is held at the Generali Convention Center inside the Old Port of Trieste and is the world espresso coffee fair that this year will host international buyers expected from 48 countries. Even the location is not accidental. It is held in the Old Port of Trieste where everything actually began. In fact, if today Trieste boasts a complex coffee processing chain it is precisely because since the 18th century, ships of coffee from Ethiopia have been arriving in the city, through the free port (the name coffee derives from Mount Caffa in Ethiopia). And so a coffee processing chain has developed with brands that are also known internationally (but ...