THE ILLY TASTE

ILLY PRODUCES A SINGLE BLEND OF 100% ARABICA

BEANS FROM NINE GROWING REGIONS,

METICULOUSLY SELECTED FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS

AND VARIETIES TO CREATE THE DISTINCTIVE,

PERFECT, ILLY TASTE.

THERE ARE VARIOUS COFFEA SPECIES, BUT THE TWO MOST COMMON ARE COFFEA ARABICA

AND COFFEA CANEPHORA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARABICA AND ROBUSTA. ARABICA GROWS IN THE

TROPICAL AND EQUATORIAL STRIPS OF AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA AND IT IS THE MOST DELICATE,

HIGHLY PRIZED AND VALUABLE SPECIE. ARABICA COFFEE FLAVOR CAN BE DESCRIBED

WHAT

IS

ARABICA?

AS FRAGRANT, SWEET, ROUND, SLIGHTLY ACIDIC AND OFTEN CHOCOLATY. ARABICA AND ROBUSTA

DIFFER ONLY SLIGHTLY IN APPEARANCE, THEY ARE GENETICALLY QUITE DISTINCT: FOR INSTANCE

THE CAFFEINE CONTENT OF ARABICA RANGES FROM 0.9 TO 1.7% WHILE THE ROBUSTA SPECIES IS

MUCH HIGHER AT 1.6 TO 2.8%.

A SINGLE, PERFECT

BLEND

ILLY PRODUCES A SINGLE COFFEE BLEND INCLUDING NINE
INGREDIENTS MADE OF THE BEST ARABICA BEANS, THE
FINEST COFFEE TYPE, A CHOICE GUARANTEEING
QUALITATIVE CONTINUITY AND PRODUCT EXCELLENCE
WITH RESPECT TO THE SINGLE ORIGIN.
IT IS AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION THAT DISTINGUISHES
THE ILLY BLEND, ENSURING THE SAME TASTE AND AROMA
ARE THE RESULT OF EACH PRODUCTIVE PROCESS.

THE ORIGIN OF ILLY BLEND

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE ILLY BLEND IS THE RESULT OF THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION IN EVERY DETAIL, FROM THE HARVESTING OF THE BEANS, THROUGH ALL THE STEPS OF THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS.

COFFEE BEAN SELECTION

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE PRODUCTS IS GUARANTEED ALSO BY AN ELECTRONIC SELECTION SYSTEM, THE UNIQUE RESULT OF THE TECHNICAL PRODUCTIVE DEPARTMENT KNOW-HOW AT ILLYCAFFÈ.

BLENDING

CARRIED OUT BEFORE ROASTING TO PERFECTLY MIX ARABICA BEANS FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS AND ENSURE QUALITATIVE AND TASTE CONTINUITY OF THE BLEND.

ROASTING

GIVES THE COFFEE THE "UNMISTAKABLY ILLY" AROMA, BODY, TASTE, AND COLOUR.

AIR COOLING

PRESERVES AROMAS AND ENSURE A HIGHER QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT THANKS TO REDUCED HUMIDITY ABSORPTION.

ILLYCAFFE PURSUES A POLICY OF SUSTAINABLE COFFEE CULTIVATION IN RESPECT OF

THE GREEN COFFEE GROWER, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONSUMER.

THE FINAL OBJECTIVE IS THE HIGHEST-QUALITY COFFEE TO OFFER THE CONSUMER,

FOR WHICH THE CONSUMER IS PREPARED TO PAY A PREMIUM PRICE.

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF ILLY RAW MATERIAL, THE GREEN COFFEE, IS BOUGHT IN

PURCHASING

POLICY

A SUSTAINABLE MANNER, DIRECTLY FROM THE GROWERS TO WHOM ILLY PAYS A

SUSTAINABLE PRICE, THAT IS, ONE THAT ASSURES THEY ALWAYS RECEIVE A MARGIN

ABOVE THEIR OWN COSTS. THE FIRM HAVE FOLLOWED THIS POLICY FOR OVER 15

YEARS ALSO TRANSFERRING TO THE GROWERS KNOW-HOW AND TECHNOLOGY OVER

A LONG TERM PROGRAM.