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This is a bird’s eye view of two espresso cups. The message is that coffee encourages us to socialise, stimulates friendship and conversation, and should always be enjoyed in company, never alone.
                                            
Ernesto Illy

Espresso cups dedicated to Ernesto Illy

Theidea for these cups came from Ernesto Illy himself, who said thatcoffee should never be drunk alone, always in company. Coffee is abeverage that encourages conviviality and conversation: enjoyed in thecompany of others it can lead to the kind of encounters and discussionsfrom which great ideas are born.

This is why the Ernesto IllyFoundation has used the metaphor of a bird’s eye view of two coffeecups with a logo created by a Dutch designer for illycaffè during the1960s.
The limited-edition, numbered pack contains two espresso cups and a single saucer.

The cups will be given away as a thank you to anyone making a donation towards the Foundation’s work.

Thedonations will only be used to support ethical, cultural and researchprojects and initiatives that offer first-class training on coffee tothose who would otherwise not be able to afford to attend a course.