About Sant'Eustachio il Caffe` - ROME
Since 1998 we have been traveling around South America looking for the best coffee. It was during one of those trips that we discovered Coopfam, a beautiful reality in Minas Gerais.
Coopfam is one of the fair trade cooperatives, born from the idea that a change of mentality could change the reality and that it could be easier to work better in a better environment. It works to improve quality not only for the product but also for the production, and the lives of hundreds of families that are involved in the coffee business
Since 2008 we have been donating a portion of our sales to the cooperative, in order to spread fair trade. The quality of the raw material is crucial to us, that’s why our blend consists for the main part of fair trade coffee, FLO certified.
Raw Material
Since 1938, Sant’Eustachio Il Caffè has always strived to maintain a very high quality and standards.
The blend is the result of ongoing and continuous research.
The coffee used in today’s blend is 100% Arabica only, imported directly from small cooperatives in Brazil, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, and the islands of St. Elena and the Galapagos.
Once in Italy, the coffee is wood roasted with a gentle and delicate method in order to protect the sweetness.
Our caffeine levels are just 1,18% , so low, meaning that you can enjoy anytime!
The History
Sant’Eustachio il Caffè is a cafè which roasts its superior quality, cooperative and sustainability farmed beans on premise. It opened in 1938 on the site of another café called “Caffè e Latte” which means Coffee and Milk. It is located in Piazza Sant’Eustachio – between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, in the heart of historic Rome. When it opened in 1938, at the time it seemed extremely modern – thanks to its new, innovative furnishings.
The caffè has been owned since 1999 by the Ricci brothers – Raimondo and Roberto. They have kept up the tradition of serving the highest quality product to all their customers.
The blend that they use is a mixture of organic and fair-trade coffee beans, 100% Arabica which they import directly from small cooperatives in South America
Legend
According to the legend, prior to his conversion to Christianity Eustace was a Roman general named Placidus, who served the emperor Trajan. While hunting a stag Placidus saw a vision of a crucifix lodged between the stag’s antlers. This experience shook him and was immediately converted, had himself and his family baptized, and changed his name to Eustace (Greek: Εὐστάθιος “well standing, stable, steadfast”
There is a tradition that when he demonstrated his new faith by refusing to make a pagan sacrifice, the emperor Hadrian condemned Eustace, his wife, and his sons to death .
The lions should have killed them but instead they did not: they stopped dead in front of him and his family. He then continued to live on in the church that is across the street from our café, which was his house.
