The first coffee beans grown in Italy are collected in Sicily

Published 2021년 9월 30일

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Andrea Morettino, a fourth-generation coffee roaster from Palermo, in collaboration with the University of Palermo and the Botanical Garden, has successfully cultivated 30 kg of Arabica coffee at Sicily's first open-air coffee plantation. This achievement marks Italy's entry into the coffee belt, showcasing the country's potential to produce coffee. Despite the initial harvest being more educational and cultural than commercial, Morettino aims to establish a sustainable, low-environmental-impact coffee production project in Sicily, using native varieties and inspiring the next generation to engage in agriculture. The coffee beans have been roasted using traditional methods, resulting in a unique flavor profile with notes of zibibbo grapes, carob, and the Pomelia flower.

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Morettino coffee roasters test with University and Botanical Garden. Collected 30 kg of Arabica, but for a commercial project it will take another ten years It is an Arabica crop, for about 30 kg of Bourbon and Catuai varieties, the one that marks Italy's entry into the so-called coffee belt, the geographical belt where most of the plantations in the world are located - as the most North able to produce coffee. Andrea Morettino, fourth generation of Palermo roasters, announces the first mini-production, of a more cultural, educational than commercial value. «This experimental plantation is a dream - Morettino said in an online seminar - which took place in the garden of our museum factory and coffee school in San Lorenzo ai Colli. Fruit of the collaboration with the Botanical Garden which, for the colonial area, imported seeds from Ethiopia a century ago. From those seeds, together with the University of Palermo, this year we have had an extraordinary harvest of Arabica at Km 0. ...

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