Bottega del Caffe, Treviso

Via Roma, 15

31100 Treviso Province of Treviso, Italy

0422 583341

Treviso is just 30km north of Venice and is home to cute canals, great shopping, and this wonderful cafe.  Just a block from the Treviso Central train station, this cafe is a bustling spot where locals come in for three minutes to sip their espresso and be on their way.  I however, opted for their Cioccolatte and stayed for a while watching people pass through.

No coffee drink in Italy is more than 6 oz (not like the large 12-24oz things we serve in the States), but it makes for just a perfect proportion of ingredients.  The Cioccolatte is espresso, chocolate, whipped cream, and coconut shavings.  Mmmmm.... good!

Don't forget to get a gelato from the gelateria next door.

Venezia Caffe, Venice

Venezia Caffe
Venice, Italy

I apologize in advance that I cannot remember the specific address or even a phone/email for this next cafe.  You see, I was wondering around the winding, tiny streets of Venice and stumbled across this amazing shop, but I must admit I might have been a bit lost.

The Venezia Caffe is a narrow shop, probably no more than 15 feet wide.  There are no tables to sit at, just a long bar that patrons stand at to drink their espressos.  The owner is a wonderful, middle age Italian woman who roasts her own coffee right in the shop on a small batch roaster that takes up a fifth of the shop.  The idea of a "cup of coffee" is foreign in Italy (everything is an espresso base), but this doesn't mean that everything is an espresso roast.  She will make your shot out of any of her roasts that she has going at that time.  I'm not entirely sure which roast of her's I had, but I will tell you that she made me the best caffe macchiato that I have ever had in all of my trips to Italy.  And in the world of Italian espresso, that is saying A LOT!