Accademia del Caffè Espresso

In Pian di San Bartolo (Fiesole), the building that was once the seat of “La Marzocco”, the prestigious factory that produces coffee machines, today houses the Academy of Caffè Espresso, a cultural center promoting this important aspect of Italian tradition.

Thanks to an ambitious restoration program aimed to give a new life to industrial areas, the former factory today houses laboratories, a thematic library, as well as social and exposition spaces. The interactive exhibitions alternating during the year all revolve around coffee: from the history of its production, to the lives of women and men who contributed to the diffusion of this worldly beloved beverage. 

The Academy organizes courses, tastings and guided tours, in Italian and in English.

The building also features a beautiful “Air Factory” (designed by neurobiologist Stefano Mancusa), an air purification system that was made within the existing coffee plantation so that now it’s coffee plants that clean the Academy indoor air.