Italy is famous for so many things that we could scarcely count – one above many others, however, is its coffee. You can find all sorts of Italian brands of coffee in your local shops, hence why many people assume that coffee grows in Italy. But does it? Or do they just import it? Let’s take a look.
Illy, Pellini, Lavazza, Segafredo or Vergnano are some of the most famous coffees available in the whole of Europe. They all have one thing in common – they’re Italian brands. And yet, we have to inform you that coffee does not grow in Italy.
All the best Italian coffee companies are either large roasters or companies that create all sorts of coffee blends from beans imported from other countries. Coffee does not grow wild in Italy and it is not grown industrially in the Italian climate. Coffee only grows in Italy if someone plants it in a pot in their own home.
Italy’s coffee-drinking culture and how the country has become one of the biggest coffee symbols is a topic for a separate article. Where does coffee grow? In Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, India, Vietnam and even Puerto Rico and Mexico. It does not grow in Italy.
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