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Trip Report: Caffè Carpano – Eataly (Torino, Italy)

Posted by on 16 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Beans, Foreign Brew

Our Espresso in Torino and Piemonte series turns back to Torino for an espresso at Eataly — which has taken over the former Carpano vermouth factory across the street of Torino’s massive Lingotto complex. Torino is also the birthplace of vermouth and consequently the apéritif. (I am also quite a longtime fan of Carpano Antica.) [...]

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Trip Report: Guido Ristorante Pollenzo (Pollenzo, Italy)

Posted by on 13 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew, Restaurant Coffee

This installment of our Espresso in Torino and Piemonte series comes from the very small town of Pollenzo, practically in the middle of nowhere. At least geographically speaking. But on the food map of Italy, this place is one of the country’s brightest stars. One of the reasons is that it is home to the [...]

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