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WHO: illycaffè, a company with a passion for producing the world’s finest coffee that offers connoisseurs and coffee lovers an authentic Italian experience in each and every cup. While the focus of illy has always been to produce an excellent product, the company goes far beyond its role in the coffee world to take the lead in culture, sustainability and the arts.
WHAT: illy is the world’s finest Italian coffee and the number one European imported coffee brand in North America. A single perfect blend of premium Arabica beans, handpicked from 9 different ingredients in 14 coffee-growing regions around the world, that undergoes 114 quality control steps before any can of illy is ever packaged, opened or served.
illy is enjoyed by consumers who appreciate a meaningful experience of beauty, pleasure, consistency and fulfillment who have a deep appreciation and passion for culture, the arts, literature, film, design and architecture.
illy is available in medium or dark roasts; regular or decaffeinated; whole bean, fine grind and medium grind; and E.S.E. (Easy Serving Espresso) pods and iperEspresso, an easy-to-use home system combining a proprietary capsule for use exclusively with iperEspresso machines.
illy is a leader in innovation, technology and quality, with uncompromising and unique approaches taken from bean to cup.
illy is a company with a passion for its relationships with coffee growers to source the finest beans and give back to coffee-growing communities on the economic, social and environmental levels, ensuring high-quality and sustainability in regions from Brazil to Ethiopia.
illy is dedicated to and has an unfaltering passion for the arts with its own artist expressions of signed, numbered and limited edition cup collections designed by renowned and emerging artists. The cups are beautiful in design and elevate coffee-drinking to a level of contemporary style and emotion.
illy is the global coffee authority with a team of experts dedicated to sourcing, roasting, producing and controlling the highest quality coffee.
illy is the number one choice of professional Italian baristas and four-star chefs in America and worldwide.
WHEN: Founded in Trieste, Italy in 1933
WHERE: illy is available in more than 50,000 of the finest restaurants and coffee bars and is sold in over 140 countries around the world, serving more than 6 million cups of illy coffee per day. Illy can be enjoyed in the country's finest restaurants including davidburke & donatella, Nobu, BLT Fish, Union Square Cafe, Circo, KITTICHAI, Zoë, wd-50, Per Se, Le Bernardin and Mandarin Oriental.
About illycaffè
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, illycaffè is the world’s finest Italian coffee and a leader in quality, innovation and technology. A third generation Italian coffee company, illy is the number one European imported coffee brand in North America. Based in Trieste, Italy, illycaffè produces and markets a unique blend of coffee as the single brand leader in quality coffee and gives coffee connoisseurs an overall authentic Italian coffee experience. Illy is available in more than 50,000 of the finest restaurants and coffee bars and is sold in over 140 countries around the world, serving more than 6 million cups of illy coffee per day. Globally, illy employs more than 700 people.
illy buys green coffee of the highest quality Arabica directly from the growers through partnerships based on the mutual creation of value. The Italian-based company fosters long-term collaborations with the world’s finest coffee growers – in Brazil, Central America, India and Africa – providing know-how and technology and offering above-market prices.