The roasters writing the coffee scene in Palermo: who they are, where they source from and where to drink it.
The roasters writing the coffee scene in Palermo. who they are, where they source from, and where to drink the result.
Morettino on Via Vittorio Emanuele at Quattro Canti in Palermo is the city's flagship roaster since 1920, the first Italian roaster to grow coffee in Sicily on the Partanna hills.
Tip: Try the Sicily-grown lot if interested in northernmost European coffee. Espresso al banco is one euro.
Sources from: Sicily (Palermo), Ethiopia, Brazil, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Casa Stagnitta on Discesa dei Giudici in Palermo has roasted coffee on premise since 1928, three generations of the same family, the city's most serious specialty filter coffee room.
Tip: Single-origin filter at the back room. The Sant'Antonino bag is the house blend on retail.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Caffe Ariosto on Via Ariosto in Palermo is one of the city's family-roaster wholesalers, supplying espresso bars across Sicily with house blends since 1969 with limited retail counter.
Tip: Closed weekends. The wholesale-only window sells whole-bean retail by the kilo; cash works fastest.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Whole bean retail
Torrefazione Stagnitta on Via Roma in Palermo runs the family roastery satellite branch, espresso bar and retail coffee counter in the historic centre under the Stagnitta brand.
Tip: Espresso al banco is one euro. The whole-bean retail counter sells kilo bags of the Sant'Antonino blend.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Costa Rica
How they serve: Espresso, Whole bean retail
Morettino's airport branch at Palermo Falcone Borsellino is the family roaster's gateway counter, full Morettino espresso carte plus Sicily-grown bean retail for departing travellers.
Tip: The Sicily-grown bag with two bars of Modica chocolate is the standard travel souvenir.
Sources from: Sicily (Palermo), Ethiopia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Morganti Caffe on Via Empedocle Restivo in Palermo runs a family roastery supplying espresso bars across the western Sicily coast since 1972, with a small retail window.
Tip: Closed weekends. The Forte espresso blend is the volume order; whole-bean by the kilo at the counter.
Sources from: Brazil, Ethiopia, Vietnam
How they serve: Espresso, Whole bean retail