Drop 01Espresso Rosso
Medium roast, washed Colombian and natural Ethiopian: milk chocolate, toasted almond and an apple acidity that stays soft.
From $18.00
A caffè you can't visit. Coffee you can.
Caffè Volarosso was never open. The coffee is real: two bags, roasted in Charleston and shipped to your kitchen.
Colazione: the two bags
Drop 01
Drop 01Filtro Bella Vita
Washed Huila caturra roasted medium for filter: red apple, panela sugar and a clean, juicy finish.
From $21.00
Who roasts it
Roasted down the road, not across an ocean.
Both bags are roasted in small batches by a local Charleston roaster and ship within forty-eight hours of the roast date printed on the bag.
Aperitivo: something to pour it into
Latte Bowl, 14 oz
A handleless bowl for two hands, glazed inside and over the rim, raw stoneware outside.
$26.00
Demitasse Cup, 3 oz
A 3 oz tulip demitasse in crema stoneware, rosso band under the rim, thick enough at the base to hold heat through a double.
$14.00
Enamel Camp Mug, 16 oz
Porcelain enamel over steel, 16 oz, with a rosso band under the rim and a handle that takes a glove.
$22.00
Diner Mug, 12 oz
Restaurant-weight vitrified stoneware, 12 oz, with a rolled rim and a thumb rest molded into the handle.
$18.00
The legend
The terrace is always set. Nobody has ever sat down.
Il Rosso opened a caffè in Charleston and went out for a ride. The sign on the door has said Torno subito ever since. It is a good story, and the story page says plainly that it is not true.
The staff
Four people and a cat keep it running.
Bea pulls the shots, Tino fixes the machine, Signora Pina keeps the books, Ristretto supervises, and the nephew put it all on the internet because his uncle does not believe in websites.
From the people drinking it
MB
Marcus B.
Buon caffè. Bella vita.
The caffè is a story. The coffee is not.