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2023 Author: Cody Thornton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 11:20
Sixteen Venice And coffee in the same sentence the possibility that the next word is Florian is very high. Some go further, even adding Quadri. The two clubs, facing each other, are city institutions that have attracted patrons and onlookers for centuries.
Give it a try: once you arrive in St. Mark's Square, after the Basilica and the pigeons, you will notice that the two cafes capture the general attention, in a bustle of waiters in uniform with marked acrobatic skills, orchestras, pomp, exclusivity. In addition to the flashes, of course.
However i prices not really affordable of these pieces of history and the risk, if you sit outdoors, that a mischievous seagull steals an aperitif or snack, force us to find more accessible alternatives.
We have identified five, which also include tea and chocolate places: they are not part of chains (you can find them in the city, but you are looking for the unobtainable, right?), They have kind owners, photographable interiors but without profusions of nineteenth-century mirrors, even embarrassing if you want. Most importantly, they allow you to set a tone if someone were to tell you about Florian and the like.
At that point you will come out with a look, I discovered an incredible place in a tiny calle.
Practice with the soft r. It makes a difference.
COFFEE'
Cannaregio coffee shop, Cannaregio 1337
Entering and thinking about Goldoni's comedy La bottega del caffè is a flash. Between jute sacks leaning languidly on the ground and the aroma of roasting, at the counter you will find pleasure-seekers and true Venetians who have chosen the Torrefazione Cannareggio as a daily meeting point.
There are two Venetian roasting companies that still exist. One is this. It is located along the road that leads from the station to San Marco, shortly after the Ponte delle Guglie.
Two shop windows, low ceilings, exists since 1930, immediately frequented by the artists and intellectuals of the time.
Four generations have alternated here: the founder, Antonietta, leaves the shop to her daughter Emilia, who in turn passes the baton to her son Camillo, son of Emilia. It is he who patents the Cafè de la Sposa, a blend obtained from eight different varieties of coffee, which has now become Cafè Remèr.
Choosing is difficult: get advice from those at the counter.
Calmly enjoy your cup, taste the bases in a small gondola and a pleasant reinterpretation of the lady's kiss, and buy the blend that attracts you the most.
One more thing: coffee costs 90 cents here.
Torrefazione Girani, Calle del Dose - Sest. Castle 3727
Leave the crowded Riva Schiavoni and head towards Campo San Giovanni in Bragora. Here, in a workshop dating back to 1600, is the other Venice roasting company.
Born in 1928, it is family run. The roasting is performed for each type. Of all the blends, try Casanova: I can't help you on the alleged aphrodisiac qualities (but let us know if it works). However, I can reassure you about goodness.
100% Arabica blend between the aroma of Puerto Rico Yauco Selecto and the scent of Washed Sidamo, from Ethiopia. The owners are friendly and if you have time they will tell you the history of coffee from its origins to today.
Cafe del Doge, Calle dei Cinque - Sest. San Polo 609
Very close to the Rialto Bridge, but hidden in a narrow calle just enough not to make it a mass place, you can recognize it from the sign-logo, a profile of a doge wearing the red doge's horn, a headdress reserved for authority.
Born as a small roasting company, today the company is a real multinational, with the characters of the artisan dimension, however.
The roasting is carried out according to the indications of the founder, who had developed the Venetian Classic Method, less strong to the taste.
Two top blends: Doge Rosso (100% Arabica blend from Brazil, India, Colombia and Guatemala) and Doge Nero (Arabica base blended with a washed Indian Robusta, Kaapi Royal).
YOU'
Ca’Fujiyama, Calle Lunga San Barnaba - Sest. Dorsoduro
When I hear about the tea room, I imagine a small circle of blue-haired, pink-cheeked English ladies sipping their cup of tea with their little fingers raised.
If you too have these ideas, as soon as you cross the threshold of Ca 'Fujiyama, the only tea room in Venice, you will be immediately denied.
The name recalls Japan. In fact, in the two small internal rooms and in the back garden you forget that you are in Venice, catapulted among flowering cherry trees, oriental minimalism, peace and tranquility.
Opened in 2004 by a couple of Japanese enthusiasts, it has been under new management since 2012.
It offers a card with 50 varieties. In addition to tasting, buy following what your nose tells you.
Also find various cakes, muffins and sweets to accompany the otherwise lonely cup. If you are a lover of greenery, in addition to tea, try the matcha cappuccino.
Finally, if you really like the place and don't want to leave, you will be comforted to know that Fujiyama is also a B&B (there are 4 rooms upstairs).
CHOCOLATE
Viziovirtù, Calle Forneri - Sest. Castle 5988
Founded in 2005, it is an artisan chocolate shop. The owner Mariangela Penzo has left the small shop in the Frari area (San Tomà) to open a larger and more welcoming one in a more decentralized but very quiet corner. And the organization of the store has earned it.
Halfway between the pastry shop and the chocolate shop of the past, the laboratory produces bars, pralines, creams, dragees, candied fruit but above all hot chocolate.
The logo is the winged lion of San Marco in a melted chocolate version. Then don't tell the Venetians that they don't like their city.