Prepare authentic Italian espresso coffee with pre-measured 7738 Illy Caffe Dark Roast 18 ESE pods. Simply insert a pre-measured, perfectly ground and tamped pod into an E.S.E.-compatible espresso machine and you have rich, robust espresso in less than 30 seconds. Each pod is individually wrapped to assure maximum freshness with every cup. Made out of 100% Arabica espresso coffee beans. New pods longer lasting crema. Expiration date 10/13/2012.
Illy Caffe 7738 Dark Roast espresso coffee 18 E.S.E. pods
The E.S.E. (Easy Serving Espresso) espresso pod invented and launched by illy has become an espresso standard, found in homes, offices and cafés throughout the world.
Each serving, or pod, contains 7 grams of perfectly ground, expertly tamped coffee to ensure delicious, consistent espresso each and every time. Simply insert a pod into an E.S.E.-compatible espresso machine and in less than 30 seconds it yields a delicious cup of rich, robust espresso. The individually wrapped servings protect the illy coffee from oxidation and guarantee maximum freshness each and every cup.
E.S.E. pods can be used with all E.S.E.-compaitlble espresso machines, either originally crafted for E.S.E. pods or equipped with an E.S.E. pod adapter (easily identified through the circular E.S.E. symbol).
Dark Roast: for the full body and deep, rich flavor of a more intense espresso, where notes of cocoa intertwine with hints of caramel.
Philosophy
Illy Caffe aims to delight people all over the world who value the quality of life by offering the best possible coffee nature can provide, enhancing its perfection through the most innovative technologies, and inspiring emotional and intellectual involvement by seeking beauty in everything.
History
When Francesco Illy first arrived in Trieste as a Hungarian serviceman during World War I, he thought it the ideal place to start a coffee business: a multilingual border city offering a port with warehouses, insurance companies and skilled machinery constructors, a city teeming with historical caffes-the intersection of society and culture, a perfect place to transform a raw material from far-off lands into a product which then travels the world.
In 1933, Francesco Illy founded his company of coffee production and sales in Trieste. As a result, Trieste is become the only city in the world housing the complete coffee production process and is internationally recognized as the locus of the most important coffee research and test laboratories.
Since its founding, Illy caffe has remained a family run company with Ernesto, Francesco's son, who was President for 42 years and his son, Andrea, who is the current Chairman and CEO. Andrea has guided the company towards internationalization, process innovations, the endless pursuit of quality and spreading the culture of coffee.
True Italian Quality
Seeking perfection is the main value of Illy Caffe espresso coffee. It is expressed in two cornerstones: passion for excellence, meaning love for beauty and well done, and ethics, meaning long term value building through sustainability, transparency and people development.