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Milan Coffee Festival, great success for the second edition – Italian Cuisine

The Milan Coffee Festival 2019: this is what happened this year, waiting for the next edition

The second edition of the Milan Coffee Festival al Superstudio Più in via Tortona it closed with large numbers: 5,701 visitors, of which 3,460 were consumed and 2,241 operators in the sector. With more than 40 exhibitors, the edition was confirmed as a success, including coffee tastings and coffee mixology demonstrations, but also milk art shows with Italian and world champions. There were also conferences and debates at the Lab, as well as aperitifs with music, pizza and coffee cocktails.

The winners of the Roast Masters race

The innovative contest, organized in partnership with Faema, saw 22 emerging roasters struggling with roasting is mixing of coffee, in front of an international jury of industry experts.

After the tests, commented in real time by Francesco Sanapo (owner of Ditta Artigianale, roaster, award-winning bartender and barista trainer) and Antonia Trucillo (Marketing & Academy Manager at Cesare Trucillo Spa), first place was awarded by the French of Belleville Brulerie. In second place Kalve Coffee, while to the third the Italians of Peacocks Coffee Roasters, an independent micro-roastery of Lissone. The winners of Roast Masters won a trip to Peru, the country of origin of the green coffee used during the tests of the first discipline and offered by Falcon Coffees.

The Crush The Rush competition

Another tender, organized in partnership with La Marzocco, involved teams of baristas from all over Europe in making coffee-based drinks. The Spanish team from Hola Coffee.

The appointment with the third edition of the Milan Coffee Festival is already set from 21 to 23 November 2020.

Renato Bosco's contemporary pizza arrives in Piazza Duomo in Milan – Italian Cuisine

From the collaboration between the famous “pizzaricercatore” and the Autogrill Group, Saporé Milano is born, the new address of the highest quality pizza set in the Duomo Market in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

The expressions "Crunch", "DoppioCrunch", "Mozzarella di Pane" and "PastaMadreViva" are preparing to echo again and again in the deepest and most prestigious heart of Milan. The Mercato del Duomo, the Milanese flagship store of Autogrill Group set in the sumptuous setting of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, it is officially ready to give its personal welcome to Flavor, The catering concept devised by the chef and "pizza maker" from Verona Renato Bosco. Where the pizza – the good one, the digestible one, the most exquisitely contemporary one – will be the absolute protagonist.

That's right. The creations of Bosco, which started in 2017 a fruitful collaboration with Autogrill based on its immense experience in the sector, are preparing to conquer the central area of Piazza Duomo, in Milan, with a very precise password chosen as the yummy cry of battle: "innovation". A goal that the famous Veronese pizza maker has been pursuing for years through a rich process of experimentation on doughs and leavened products, alongside research on PastaMadreViva to that of the best cooking and flour. And completing it all with a meticulous selection of ingredients for the filling, often combined together in a completely unpredictable way.

The revolutionary proposals born within the walls of the first restaurant inaugurated by Renato Bosco, the Saporè – precisely – of San Martino Buon Albergo in the province of Verona, therefore also arrive on the second floor of the Duomo Market of Autogrill. All this, with a decisive remark on the fundamental characteristics of the concept: passion for food, customer focus and maximum care for the design of the room. The Milanese opening is configured as a first, fundamental step in view of future openings planned for 2020 in various Italian locations.

Yeah, but concretely what can you taste in this new Saporé space in the shade – is it really the case to say it – of the Madonnina? Pizza, obviously. But not just any pizza. The peculiarities of Bosco's proposal remain first and foremost healthiness and taste, starting from a mixture low in fats and salt that is at the same time greedy, genuine and digestible.

For the rest, Saporè Milano will offer its customers all the most famous creations of the Veronese pizzaricercatore: la Crunch and the DoppioCrunch, characterized by a proverbial crunchiness; there Bread mozzarella, an extremely soft dough, where the encounter with the East led to deeper steam cooking; and the Classic Round Pizza, with a voluminous cornice, made with PastaMadreViva and less refined flours. To complete the offer, the Pane – also in this case made with PastaMadreViva – and a series of dishes designed specifically for the lunch break. To be sublimated with desserts, leavened desserts, brioches or biscuits, all rigorously prepared to perfection.

In Milan the mural that purifies the air – Italian Cuisine

The anti-smog mural by street artist Iena Cruz arrived in Milan to clean up the air and raise awareness of environmental emergencies that threaten our planet

Is called Anthropoceano and will help purify the air of Milan. The anti-smog mural of the street artist Iena Cruz, realized in collaboration with Worldrise Onlus and financed by Ocean Family Foundation and North Sail, extends on the facade of a building in via Viotti, near the station of Lambrate.

How does it work? The work is made with a special paint called Airlite, which through the action of light is able to reduce pollution in the air, eliminating up to 88% of nitrogen oxides, benzene and formaldehyde.

Anthropoceano represents an oil platform that looks like a plastic bottle, inside which some sea creatures, such as a shark and a whale, are trapped. Its purpose is twofold: while it acts as a natural purifier, the mural also aims to raise awareness about the impact of plastic on the seas, starting from its origin up to the consequences it has on nature and animals.