Posts from serafina in thread „Coffee in Buenos Aires“

Quote from EJLarson

Our Italian experience was quite different. We could not find bean or ground quality coffee in Rome (Via San Quintino area) - just those cursed Nespresso pods! In Sardinia it was worse: couldn't even find bad real coffee. The zombie pods have taken over all of Italy! Help!

It's like a plague! Probably just because it is the latest kitchen gadget. I really hate these capsule systems, that coffee hurts your stomach and they are expensive as hell! So expensive that there are even compatible-capsules to compete with Nespresso etc.

I use my trusty Stealla mokas (2 cups and 6 cups, but I drink it all in both cases).

Quote from Rice

Ouch! Bad move. Were the palm trees lost, then, or did they survive the torching?

They were promptly removed, regardless of the burnt they suffered.

EJLarson , too much descriptive! I have always seen these cans used in cafes. But I have also never seen an Illy vending machine, yet.

These things are hard to take off in Italy. You may find some on train platforms or kioskios, but most Italians actually enjoy to go in a bar and interact with a barista.

After much discussion, it looks like Starbucks will be finally arriving in Italy.

However, they have already made a giant faux pax: last year, to announce they were finally arriving on the Italian market, they decided to announce it installing palms in Piazza del Duomo, Milan's main square. However, they wanted to play the 'surprise' effect and did not reveal that the installation was made by them. Milan's people took it as a sign of the Arabic community taking over Milan and the municipality and the web were outraged about de-italianizing this Italian landmark with plants typical from Africa. The reaction was so strong, that a few days after someone set them on fire!

It was only at that point that the CEO of Starbucks Italy stepped up and said it was their marketing idea to announce their operations in the bel paese.

Quote from GlasgowJohn

I am beginning to see lost of Cafe Illy about again after an absence of a few years.

I used to drink Illy at home in Italy, it was the most expensive brand available at supermarkets. My mom still drinks it and I find it unbearably strong now. I have successfully de-italianized myself.

Quote from Bigboxer

So I guess Lavazza Rosa@2.99 CDN per 250g pkg is a steal....one of my weakness's....

Definitely! I have never seen Lavazza sold at supermarkets here, only Segafredo. In Italy they are both in the low spectrum of the market and they sell a lot only because they are cheap, just like Barilla pasta. Oddly enough, abroad they are staples of Italianity sold as gourmet food.

I was thinking about you recently, or better said, about your dog. Here in Argentina there is not much choice as far as dog food go. Argentinian pets eat almost exclusively dried pet food. If yours is on a special diet or eats only canned food, it might be a good idea to start change his diet gradually while you are over there. You cannot bring food in your container shipment, so better arrive prepared.

As I am a heavy coffee drinker, I have to keep costs down. I was able to adjust my taste to drink Cabrales Happy (the cheapest of their ground unsugared coffee).

Sometimes it comes out half decent, most of the times it doesn't. But I need coffee 50% for the caffeine and 50% for the company of the coffee cup next to me.

My current consumption is about 250 g of coffee every 3 weeks. I can't remember the price, I believe it is 340 pesos per kilo.

Last decent coffee I had, besides illy in an Illy bar in Mar del Plata, was at Ninita. However prices there have sky rocketed, so I am afraid I won't become a regular.