With the coffee trade being such a competitive industry, illy comes out on tops in SA as it’s offerings go way beyond an excellent roasted bean.  illy offers its consumers only the best in coffee machines, crockery, pods and ground roasted coffee which all lends a hand at the kind of lifestyle illy promotes, which is one of “enjoying the finer things in life.”

It’s…

You have to laugh at these 50’s Housewives inspired ads and think to yourself, what the hell were they thinking?  Remember though that this was the ONLY place a women was allowed to be during this era, she was to cook, clean, raise the children and still be ready for some rumble in the jumble at the end of the day with her hair perfectly combed and heels on! 

As funny as…

We love these extremely sexy pics of women all over the world depicting their intimate relationship with coffee.  It has to be had, first thing in the morning, first after stepping out onto the streets of your busy city, first after eating and last before bed…. It’s been said that not only does java keep you awake, but it can also make you feel frisky. Some studies have…

So we know how coffee has inspired some of the best inventions in the world, like cappuccino machines, and now Baristas all over the world are creating works of art in your coffee mug.

Above are a few of our favourite images “drawn” with coffee and milk froth...Simply, amazing!

Be inspired and try making your own at home by watching the youtube video below by…

This magnificent plant is a coffee plant.  It pleases us to know that our favourite pleasure is grown from such beauty. 

A coffee plant only reaches full maturity after approximately six years but can live until sixty.  Each tree will yield, on average, one pound of roasted coffee per year. 

Once the berries on the coffee trees are ripe, they turn a bright red…

THE FIVE SENSES

Inside a beautiful cup of espresso are entire worlds of pleasure, just waiting for your every sense to discover (Why should taste have the fun?)  Espresso ideally realised, is a five-sensation proposition, each sense interacting with…

by Karen Eland

Coffee art is created with 100% coffee instead of ink.  It’s a really fun take on art and whilst it’s made with one of our favourite indulgences, we too can appreciate looking at it just as much as we enjoying sipping it.

Here are a few extraordinary creations from two talented artists.…

illy is excited to be at Decorex Cape Town this year which kicked off today and will run until Sunday the 28^th of April.  Have a break whilst shopping up a storm, have an illy and join us for a tasty Cuppa at our stand, No. N19 in Hall 3 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

We look forward to meeting…

illy Coffee continues to be omnipresent throughout the world at many interesting locations all the while inspiring moments of in depth discussion and inspiration amongst both loved ones and perfect strangers.

In extending topics of discussion and finding out what coffee means to its consumers, illy has partnered with Gabriele Galimberti, a famous…

If you know coffee, you know illy, and if you know illy, you may know about the “illy Art Collection,” which regularly introduces a limited line of espresso and cappuccino cups, like this set designed by Michael Lin.

Lin, from Taiwan, is an artist of a new global pop art, inspired by daily life and by his origins and family memories. He often decorates using…

With over 6 million cups of illy coffee sold a day, worldwide, it’s no wonder we lay claim to producing the best quality coffee.  Illy coffee and products are designed to enhance coffee pleasure to passionate coffee lovers seeking to refuel, reflect, or just relax.

We’d like to share our crafted journey from bean to cup with you, our most cherished patrons.  Click on…

For many of us it’s the most anticipated part of our day, our first cup of coffee, which is encouraging enough to whip ourselves out of bed and take on the new day with great anticipation. Scientists have now discovered that coffee has many more benefits than expected. We explore a few tantalizing theories:

Top 5 Reasons to Keep Drinking Coffee

1. Alzheimer’s…

illy takes special pride in its longstanding relationships with the people who raise coffee on four continents – bonds borne of mutual respect, pursuit of a common goal and shared prosperity. Coffee is a journey, and its farmers the stewards of coffee’s lands, legacies, communities and cultures.

Theirs is a story of sustainability quite like no other: one illy has…

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Learn how to make a Italian ice cream drenched with rich, aromatic illy espresso!

Make sure to watch the video(below) with Master Barista,Giorgio Milos. 

Ingredients:

illy espresso, 

vanilla ice cream,

whipped unsweetened heavy cream

Instructions:

10 oz FREDDO…

Black and White models shaped as a coffee mug:

Top Deck -We all know that the perfect cappuccino is a blend of well roasted coffee beans sprouting freshly brewed coffee topped with a thick layer of fluffy froth. We love this art illustration of the perfect cuppa, brilliant photography!…

As the end of the year approaches, We find ourselves reflecting on the past year. Have you ever thought about where you are and where you’re going?  How fast time flies is a whole other beast on its own.  Soon we’ll be hearing Christmas carols coming…

Few things are better than the sound of a warm crackling-froth “skinny” cappuccino on an early winter’s morning. As self-confessed coffee connoisseurs, we are able to verify that illy has fine tuned this art as we’ve previously revealed on our blog in “Cappuccino Secrets Revealed”  and we…

We love finding artists that show their appreciation for coffee. 

Russian artist and sculptor Arkady Kim has unveiled the world's largest coffee bean mosaic that used up to a million coffee beans, in Moscow.

Titled ‘Awakening’, the artwork measured about 30 square meters and weighed a hefty 397 pounds, surpassing the previous record set by Albanian artist Saimir…

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