Torrefazione Alescaffè is a coffee roaster in Liberta, Palermo.
Torrefazione Alescaffè on Via Montalbo in Palermo is a second-generation family roaster operating since 1953, wood-roasting espresso blends visible.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Sundays. The Café do Brasil and Montalbo Famiglia blends are the house bags; whole-bean retail by the kilo at the counter.
Address: Via Montalbo 75, 90142 Palermo
Torrefazione Stagnitta on Via Roma in Palermo runs the family roastery satellite branch, espresso bar and retail coffee counter in the historic centre.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
