Gardelli Specialty Coffees

Gardelli Specialty Coffees, based in Forlì, Italy, was built around Rubens Gardelli, a multiple-time award-winning roaster and competitor (including world roasting honours). In a country synonymous with dark espresso traditions, Gardelli became an unlikely standard-bearer for modern, light-roast specialty coffee, shipping high-scoring and experimentally processed lots worldwide. The roastery showed that Italy could contribute to the cutting edge of third-wave coffee, not just its history.