If we talk about Italy, we also talk about coffee....cappuccino, expresso, macchiato.... coffee is in the Italian's blood....
In one of my trips to Rome, my good Italian friend Paolo introduced me to the best expresso coffee you can ever have in Rome... and believe me it's unique!!!
Now, each time I visit Rome its mandatory that I stop by the Caffè Sant’Eustachio and have their famous special Gran Caffè.
Sant’Eustachio Ill Caffè in the Piazza Sant’Eustachio, located just next to the Pantheon and very close to Piazza Navona is a small and quite crowded stand-up place founded in 1938.
The symbol of the Cafe is a Stag recalling the name of the Saint Eustachio and his legend that he converted from the Paganism to Christianity when he saw a Stag with a shinny holy cross between his horns while he was hunting.
This is definitely the place to go for the most amazing coffee you will ever taste, warm , frothy and superbly smooth.
What makes this coffee special and unique is the froth, though the recipe is a secret apparently the barista makes that special froth using the first drops of the coffee and then whipped with sugar and finally placing it at its bottom. The famous special Gran Caffè is served in a unusual bigger expresso cup.
When you ask for the coffee you will have it already with sugar (zucchero) but if you are not a sugar lover don't forget to specify if you want it bitter (amaro) or with little sugar (poco zucchero).
The cappuccino is also great and the cookies and sweets they sale delicious so it's a good choice for a fast breakfast.
They also have their own blend with fare trade coffee beans, and a big assortment of coffee to buy (couldn't resist and brought some for me to make at home), also sweets, liquors,chocolates, mugs, expresso cups and so on...couldn't resist also to the coffee flavor Pastiglie Leone with Sant'Eustachio brand on the lovely box...
So now you know...the best expresso in Rome or most probably in the world is here, though a bit more pricy then regular café's in Rome it's definitely worth to go..
Photos: the blue chic
The symbol of the Cafe is a Stag recalling the name of the Saint Eustachio and his legend that he converted from the Paganism to Christianity when he saw a Stag with a shinny holy cross between his horns while he was hunting.
This is definitely the place to go for the most amazing coffee you will ever taste, warm , frothy and superbly smooth.
What makes this coffee special and unique is the froth, though the recipe is a secret apparently the barista makes that special froth using the first drops of the coffee and then whipped with sugar and finally placing it at its bottom. The famous special Gran Caffè is served in a unusual bigger expresso cup.
When you ask for the coffee you will have it already with sugar (zucchero) but if you are not a sugar lover don't forget to specify if you want it bitter (amaro) or with little sugar (poco zucchero).
The cappuccino is also great and the cookies and sweets they sale delicious so it's a good choice for a fast breakfast.
They also have their own blend with fare trade coffee beans, and a big assortment of coffee to buy (couldn't resist and brought some for me to make at home), also sweets, liquors,chocolates, mugs, expresso cups and so on...couldn't resist also to the coffee flavor Pastiglie Leone with Sant'Eustachio brand on the lovely box...
So now you know...the best expresso in Rome or most probably in the world is here, though a bit more pricy then regular café's in Rome it's definitely worth to go..
Photos: the blue chic
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