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

Published 2024년 10월 25일

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The eleventh edition of the Triestespresso Expo 2024 was held in Trieste, Italy, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Giulia in collaboration with other organizations and the Municipality of Trieste. The fair, which attracts international buyers from 48 countries, is held at the Generali Convention Center in the Old Port of Trieste, a location significant to the city's coffee industry history. This year's event will focus on the EU regulation against deforestation, which could potentially restrict the import of agricultural raw materials from countries that do not meet EU forest protection standards. The coffee industry in Trieste employs around 2,000 people and is seeking a 12-month delay in the implementation of the regulation to avoid negative impacts on the industry.

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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 ...

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