FZ Magazine: The Blog of Filicori Zecchini
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The coffee plant: where one of the best loved drinks in the world is born
The best-loved drink of Italians comes from an African plant of significant height, of which there are about 80 varieties: the coffee plant...
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The most unusual cafés in the world
“If you go there on holiday, I’ll tell you where to go for the best coffee in the city!” How many times have we said this to our friends who are going...
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5 suggestions for organizing your outdoor bar areas more efficiently
The longer days and the warm weather make patrons of bars and cafés head towards...
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Decaffeinated coffee: how does the decaffeination process happen?
Perhaps you are not very familiar with it, but the Kaffe Handels Aktien Gesellschaft is part of the lives and habits of many of us. In fact, this is the full name...
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Marocchino coffee: the history, the name and the recipe for preparing it
The marocchino coffee is a delight to look at, before being a delight to taste. A reworking of the Turin drink ‘bicerin,’ this coffee, served in a glass cup, combines...
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Green tea: how many varieties exist and what are its properties?
White, blue, black, yellow, red and obviously green. These are the colors which encompass the infinite varieties of tea. Perhaps not everyone knows that within each color are hidden other...
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Milan Coffee Festival, the first great Italian festival dedicated to coffee
In a country like Italy where coffee is not just a drink, but a consolidated tradition and the center of a global business, we were still waiting for a festival...
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Moka versus Espresso machine: characteristics and differences
Some confidently affirm that real coffee is only the espresso from the cafe: short, velvety and creamy but others hold the Moka flag high, with its more delicate taste...
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Recipe for crema caffè
As so often happens in our country, the best inventions arise from necessity. And when we talk about the palate, Italians are the masters of genius. And although it may...
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Cocoa beans: origins, production and properties
When we think of chocolate, we are used to imagining it in the form of a bar, with a sweet or intense taste depending on whether it is milk chocolate...
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How to make caffè macchiato: trick and hints from the experts
Espresso is the Italian drink par excellence, one of the strongholds of the enogastronomic traditions of our country. Its most common variation, the caffè macchiato, sees the intense flavor of the...
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Chinese tea: the history, the curiosities, the varieties and properties
Wood to burn, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and inevitably the tea: these are the seven fundamental needs for living in China! Chinese tea is considered precious for curing the soul...