How many things can be done with coffee? Many, really many more than you can imagine. Especially in recent years, with the spread of a more in-depth culture and attentive to the different types of coffee (indeed, OF coffees), the average public has the opportunity to easily investigate a whole world of types, uses, methods of consumption. All things that will be explored in the next Turin Coffee, the International Coffee Show to be held in Turin on 11 and 12 September.
Two days of appointments that aim to dissect the thousand facets of the product of one of nature’s most complex botanical families, the one we are commonly used to translating into a simple espresso. Instead, coffee is a universe to be discovered, and not just as a drink: in fact, in addition to important players in the world of coffee, pastry chefs, ice cream makers, experts and chefs will participate in the Turin Coffee.
Coffee: types and consumption
In fact, coffee it is first of all an ingredient, and it is a versatile and partly mysterious ingredient, yet to be investigated. It is no coincidence that many questions revolve around its consumption: Robusta or Arabica? Is it good or bad? Long or short? Sweet or smooth?
The answers vary according to the reference studies and personal tastes, but one thing is certain: coffee has always had a strong social value. Coming to Europe through slavery, coffee is a ritual for many cultures. Precisely for this reason, each country has its own different method of consumption. In Scandinavia, for example, filter coffee is mostly drunk, served in a large cup and sipped slowly, at a time very similar to English afternoon tea. In Italy, on the other hand, coffee is usually drunk in a small cup, swallowed in a single sip, in that daily habit of espresso that probably has its most rooted tradition in Naples.
Strengthened by our tradition, we Italians are used to thinking that we are the true lovers of coffee, so much so that we yearn for a good espresso when we go abroad. The truth, however, is that both in terms of attention to the different types of coffee and in terms of consumption, the Nordic countries are one step ahead of us: on average, every Italian consumes six kilos of coffee per year, against about ten of a Finn, which he prefers experience the world of Specialty Coffee, the finest coffees on the market. Things about which we, with the habit of hasty coffee at the bar with a low price of one euro or a little more, still have a lot to learn.
Turin Coffee: the program
It is precisely events such as Turin Coffee that allow us to better understand the culture of coffee. Experts, tasters, barmen and lovers of the theme will tell the public of Piazza San Carlo (the “good living room” of the city, as the Turinese like to call it) about this product that we consume every day but of which, after all, we still know little.
Eight roasters will present their premium products, and a special stage will be dedicated to the experts of SCA Italy (Specialty Coffee Association Italiana), the reference association for the quality of coffee worldwide. Not only that: the International Coffee Exhibition will also show the public how varied and curious the use of coffee can be as an ingredient, or even as a canvas on which to create a miniature work of art.
We reveal some uses of coffee in the gallery above
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