Giovanni Erbisti '47 Whole Coffee Beans from Verona 1.1 lb.

Gianni Frasi is one of Italy's premier coffee roasters. He learned the coffee business from his uncle, Giovanni Erbisti, who began roasting coffee in his 1,500-foot apartment in 1947. Believing that too dark a roast masks the subtleties and fine aromas of a top-quality bean, Erbisti insisted on roasting coffee to the color of a tunica di monaco, a monk's tunic. Anything darker, he claimed, was burnt.

Today, Frasi continues his uncle's coffeemaking tradition in the same small shop in Verona, making as much coffee in a year as Starbucks makes in a day. Frasi and his dad work side-by-side, monitoring each batch of coffee as it roasts slowly in his uncle's original fire-engine-red roaster. Fanatical about quality, Frasi flies down to South America every year to personally select the beans used to make his unparalleled coffee. Giamaica Caffe is used in Italy's finest restaurants.

Named after Giamaica Caffe's founder, Giovanni Erbisti, this coffee is rich and well-balanced with a hint of walnut flavor. Each of the four beans used to make the Erbisti '47 blend is roasted separately and then blended by hand by Giovanni's nephew, Gianni Frasi.

Gianni Frasi is one of Italy's premier coffee roasters.

Frasi produces in the same traditions as his uncle, who started the business in 1947.

Frasi believes in small productions, and makes as much coffee in a year as Starbuck's makes in a day.

Roasted to perfection and not burnt in flavor

A rich and wel-balanced blend with a hint of walnut flavor