Visit to the illycaffé plant
Where quality is born
Course program
A guided tour of the production plant in Trieste, in close contact with people who, day after day, make it possible to reach the highest possible quality.
illy Gallery: the history of the company and its values;
Green coffee: in jute sacks, from tropical fields to Trieste;
The selection: grain after grain, quality research;
Roasting and cooling: where the aroma is born;
Pressurization: to maintain the freshness of freshly ground coffee;
Assembly: how different products are born;
The quality control laboratory: an identity card for each coffee break.
Where and when
The illy plant is open to the visits from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
Participants: The tour is dedicated to group of minimum 10 and maximum 50 people.
Cost: The cost of the “illy tour” is euro 390 + VAT 22% (if due) every 30 persons. For more than 30 people the cost would be doubled. It is important to make sure that all the persons of the group are adults (>14 years old).
Duration: 2 hours
More information: write to unicaffe@illy.com from Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.00