ABOUT CSC

CSC is an association born of the experience and passion of a group of roasters ….

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Certification

CSC is able to guarantee the superior level and taste of blends marketed by its members…

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Procedures

CSC does not purchase coffee, but organizes and carries out the controls to guarantee its quality…

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CSC offers Italian and overseas roasters the support borne of years of qualified experience…

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CSC: a battle to defend the Italian Espresso

The Associazione Caffè Speciali Certificati has undertaken the battle to defend the peculiarities typical of Italian Espresso and to obtain international recognition of specific tasting techniques. Anyone buying coffee for use as espresso should buy coffees classified for preparation “in espresso” and not for “in infusion” as instead has been the case to date. For this reason CSC in collaboration with LabEspresso have created a cupping form specifically for espresso.

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CSC is Technical Partner with Slow Food

As Technical Partner with Slow Food for the coffee Presidia, CSC is committed to realizing and developing the protection of “wild coffee” from the Harenna forest in Ethiopia, the true motherland of coffee and the only place in the world where you can find plants in a wild state. For thousands of years each family has roasted its berries, ground them in a mortar and offered coffee to guests following a solemn ritual involving symbolic displays of hospitality, friendship and respect.

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