Caffè Damosso

The best time to visit the Damosso roastery-café in the Vanchiglietta neighbourhood of Turin is in the morning, when almost invariably you’ll be able to watch the coffee beans being roasted beside the bar counter in a live-fire machine nicknamed Biricchina. Biricchina is practically a family member for Paolo and Enzo Damosso, the brothers who run the roastery, which boasts plenty of loyal customers among Turin restaurateurs.

Alongside the classic blends – Royal, Kaweh, Gourmet, Gran Brasile and Extra –perfected by Paolo over the years (always adjusted according to individual shipments), high-quality single origins can also be found. At the counter you can sample an excellent cup of Colombian coffee aged in rum barrels, or try the recently introduced single-origin from Honduras, a coffee grown at altitude and picked by hand. Interesting coffees, mostly Arabica, also come from Peru, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and India, plus Robusta single origins from Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Closed on saturday afternoons.

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