The connection to Phineas Taylor Barnum is real. Instead, people in the know flock to this cafe near Campo de’ Fiori for serious coffee with a side of free internet. Although Barnum’s moniker was inspired by Barnum & Bailey’s circus, this central cafe doesn’t rely on clown tricks or novelty acts to attract customers. We accomplished this goal at Barnum.ĭon’t be confused by its name. Barnum While we don’t aspire to join the circus, we’re always aspire to drink good coffee.
Pergamino Caffè is located at Piazza del Risorgimento, 7, 00192 Roma, Italy. While not unusual at Rome cafes, the practice of charging extra for table service can be surprising to American travelers. Drinking flat whites at Pergamino added pep to our steps during a self-guided walking tour of Rome’s sprawling Prati neighborhood.īe aware that Pergamino adds a surcharge of €1 to €2 if you drink your coffee at a table. The more challenging decision was what to order next. Quickly ordering espresso brewed with a special blend of Garage beans was a no-brainer. We knew we had found a happy place at Pergamino as soon as we saw bags of Garage Coffee Bros. A relatively new style of adding nitrogen gas to cold brewed coffee to create a smooth finish and foamy head, nitro coffee debuted in cities like Austin, Portland and NYC in 2013 before jumping the pond to Europe.
Pergamino quickly achieved notoriety for serving cold brew nitro coffee both in cans and on tap after it opened in 2017. Our can of Pergamino nitro coffee was both cold and potent. Plus, it’s right next door to Be.Re., a bustling craft beer bar for those in the mood for a different type of brew. Smarter travelers know to head over to Pergamino immediately after visiting one of the world’s most impressive cathedrals.Īfter all, Pergamino is just an eight-minute walk from St. Smart travelers know to visit the Vatican in the morning before the crowds become overwhelming. These two were filled with a blend that included beans from Brazil and Ethiopia. Pergamino Caffè Two cups of coffees are better than one at Pergamino.
The excellent gelateria is just a seven minute walk from the cafe.įaro Caffè Specialty is located at Via Piave, 55, 00187 Roma, Italy. Pop over to Come il Latte before or after your Faro coffee break. It also kept us going until our late dinner reservation. This savory maritozzo both surprised and delighted us. During our initial visit, options included single origin beans grown in Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Don’t worry – you can request sugar without scorn if that’s your thing.Īlthough Faro initially sourced beans from quality roasters like The Barn in Berlin, the cafe now roasts its own beans. Both words are symbolic for a coffee shop committed to transforming Rome’s old-school coffee culture. lighthouse) next to a coffee menu at Faro in Rome.įaro translates to lighthouse and its WiFi password senzazucchero translates to without sugar. Luckily for Roman residents, Faro is just a 15 minute walk from Roma Termini train station. It’s also a modern yet comfortable cafe that could be located anywhere in the world. Open since 2016, Faro is a serious coffee shop with impressive equipment and a full coffee menu. These two shots of espresso were made with third wave coffee beans at Pergamino Caffè. But, if you know us, you know that we’re partial to specialty or third wave coffee – something relatively new to Italian coffee culture. We’d even get into conversations using broken Italian between sips. We would queue for coffee with locals and quickly down our tiny cups of espresso and larger cappuccinos. In our fantasy world, we would love the coffee at historic cafes in Rome. We drank this cup of filtered coffee at Faro. We prefer to drink modern coffee while exploring Rome’s epic history. This Roman coffee bar doubles as one of the city’s best gelato shops. Kill two birds with one stone at Giolitti. Other historic Rome cafes include Caffetteria Sciascia, Giolitti, Sant’Eustachio Il Caffè and Caffè Tazza D’Oro. Luminaries like Casanova, Ibsen, Keats and Wagner have sipped cups of darkly roasted coffee in this cafe over the centuries. Rome’s oldest cafe, Antico Caffè Greco, opened in 1760 and is still considered by many to be one of the best cafes in Rome if not all of Italy.
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