Founded in 1933 by Italian Francesco Illy, this dark roast coffee is a favourite of mine since first introduced in Turkey by Germans, illy coffee is difficult for me to source in cafes in Perth, this is not like Italy or Germany where I can walking into a cafe at random for a illy coffee.
illy produces only one blend made from Arabica beans from different parts of the world. This blend is available in three varieties – decaffeinated, normal roast and dark roast.
As a matter of course, illy coffee has been steadfast in its adherence to the highest quality standards. Coffee experts from the company visit different parts of the world to personally select the best Arabica varieties and prepare the unique illy blend. The processing of beans is done under highly controlled conditions.
In the 1980s, illy coffee stopped buying green coffee from global commodity markets. The company buys directly from the producers and has exclusive deals for Arabica coffee from Brazil, Colombia, India, Africa and other countries in Central America.
This practice brings two advantages – firstly, 100 percent assurance on quality and secondly, the cost benefits. Ground illy coffee is pressurised using insert gas instead of air. In fact, the technology of using inert gas in an automatic coffee machine was perfected and implemented for the first time by Francesco Illy.
The technology he used was the predecessor of the modern espresso machines. In order to preserve the precise flavours of each type of coffee, illy coffee company uses steel canisters are used for packaging.
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