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February 6, 2008

Farewell to Ernesto Illy

Further to my ode to the joys of Nestle’s Nespresso machine the other day, here is the New York Times obituary of Ernesto Illy of Illycaffè fame. He ran "the Bell Labs of coffee" in Trieste before Starbucks had opened its first store in Seattle.

February 6th, 2008 in Food and Drink | Permalink

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  1. Ma no!!! Non ci posso credere, che peccato!

    This is the first news I heard that Illy has passed.

    I will have my next espresso macchiato freddo in his memory.

    Posted by: KatyZ | February 8th, 2008 at 4:42 pm | Report this comment

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