{"id":12249,"date":"2026-01-12T10:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdc-official.nooostaging.com\/il-caffe\/caffe-specialty\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:14:13","slug":"specialty-coffee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/the-coffee\/specialty-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Caff\u00e8 Specialty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section data-block=\"simple-page-title-block\" class=\"relative page-padding simple-page-title-block alignwide\">\n    <div class=\"relative mt-8 pt-24 lg:pt-28 z-[1]\">\n        <h1 class=\"text-5xl lg:text-7xl xl:text-8xl flex flex-row items-center justify-center gap-5 font-bold text-center uppercase pb-6\">\n            <span>Specialty Coffee<\/span>\n                    <\/h1>\n                    <p class=\"text-base\/[120%] lg:text-lg\/[125%] xl:text-xl\/[130%] text-balance text-center\">The term \u201cspecialty coffee\u201d was first used in 1974 by Erna Knutsen, in an article published in the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section data-block=\"text-image-block\" class=\"relative page-padding text-image-block alignwide\">\n\t<div class=\"relative max-w-wide mx-auto box-spacing-sm\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-6 lg:gap-8 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Testo -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full lg:w-1\/2 lg:p-10 flex flex-col order-1 lg:order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-3xl lg:text-4xl 2xl:text-5xl font-bold uppercase mb-4 lg:mb-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHistory and definition\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prose prose-p:text-foreground prose-p:text-balance prose-ul:text-foreground prose-p:text-base\/[130%] prose-ul:text-base\/[130%]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), in order to be defined as Specialty, a coffee must be assessed by a Q-grader certified by the Coffee Quality Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The assessment consists of a visual examination of the raw coffee, which must have no primary defects and less than five secondary defects, and a taste assessment that returns\u00a0<strong>a score of more than 80\/100,<\/strong>\u00a0assigned in accordance with a standardised cupping procedure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Immagine -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative w-full lg:w-1\/2 flex flex-col order-2 lg:order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"relative overflow-hidden rounded aspect-[5\/4] order-2 lg:order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full h-full object-center object-cover\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/erna-knutsen.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"History and definition\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    <section data-block=\"simple-center-title-block\" class=\"relative page-padding title-center-block alignwide mb-8 mt-10 lg:mt-14 xl:mt-16\">\n        <h2 class=\"text-4xl lg:text-5xl font-bold text-center text-balance uppercase pb-3 \">Our take on Specialty Coffee<\/h2>\n                    <p class=\"text-base\/[120%] font-normal text-balance text-center\">Specialty Coffee differs from regular coffee first and foremost thanks to the efforts of the producers: specialty coffees are grown at the perfect altitude and in the best soil, harvested at just the right time, and processed with extreme care and professional skill.  But that\u2019s not enough\u2026<\/p>\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<section data-block=\"text-image-block\" class=\"relative page-padding text-image-block alignwide\">\n\t<div class=\"relative max-w-wide mx-auto box-spacing-sm\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-6 lg:gap-8 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Testo -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full lg:w-1\/2 lg:p-10 flex flex-col order-1 lg:order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-3xl lg:text-4xl 2xl:text-5xl font-bold uppercase mb-4 lg:mb-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn what sense is \u201cnot enough\u201d?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prose prose-p:text-foreground prose-p:text-balance prose-ul:text-foreground prose-p:text-base\/[130%] prose-ul:text-base\/[130%]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The value chain of a specialty coffee is very long, and involves numerous contributors: each has a part to play not only in respecting and preserving the quality of the coffee, but also, and above all, in making the most of \u2013 and enhancing \u2013 the qualities and potential of the beans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And so a Specialty Coffee is an exceptional coffee, the product of great team work. The producer is responsible for the quality of the green coffee. The roaster must capture the potential of that green coffee in the quality of the roasted product. The barista, meanwhile, is tasked with preserving the properties of the coffee during extraction, but also, crucially, with communicating these qualities to the consumer. This includes ensuring that the overall experience delivered at their establishment is up to the task of capturing the values of a specialty coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Specialty Coffee\u00a0<strong>can only exist if all these individuals work in harmony to deliver an excellent product.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Immagine -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative w-full lg:w-1\/2 flex flex-col order-2 lg:order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"relative overflow-hidden rounded aspect-[5\/4] order-2 lg:order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full h-full object-center object-cover\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/StoriaEDefinizione-2.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"In what sense is \u201cnot enough\u201d?\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/homepage-prodotti\/\">Find out more about our Specialty Coffee<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12239,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-old.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12643,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12249\/revisions\/12643"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lepiantagionidelcaffe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}