Caffè Vergnano 1882 Espresso Coffee Beans 1kg

The kilo bag, sized for a machine in daily use. Vergnano’s plainest espresso blend and the one their own bars pour: Arabica for aroma, Robusta for the foam, balanced so neither wins.

Straightforward to dial in and hard to ruin, which is the point of it. As espresso it gives a thick head and a clean finish; in a moka pot it stays sweet if you take it off the heat as soon as the chamber fills.

Roasted in Santena, just outside Turin, by a family that has made coffee since 1882. The roastery is deliberately slow about it — cycles of fifteen to eighteen minutes at 180–200°C rather than an industrial turbo roast — and each origin goes through the drum on its own, blended only afterwards so each keeps its own character. One kilogram of whole bean. Keep the bag sealed, cool and away from daylight; once open, use within a month while the crema still holds.