Ceramics and Coffee, two famous Italian traditions, come together in a unique project initiated by the Tuscan chocolate and coffee company, Slitti. The six large coffee bean dispensers they commissioned from the Taccini family of Vinci, are a virtual illustrated history of coffee culture.
In Naples an excellent cup of coffee can be found twice on every block. If you ask for coffee and want something that comes in a cup larger than the length of your thumb, Neapolitans either look confused or smirk. For them, coffee is caffe and caffe everywhere else in the world is called espresso.
The difference between a filtered coffee and an espresso lies in the flow of the highly heated water. With espresso, the water irrigates the grounds as it is forced directly through them, producing an intense coffee flavor.
