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title: "Caffè Volarosso: a caffè you can't visit, coffee you can"
description: "Souvenirs from an Italian caffè you cannot visit: two coffees roasted in Charleston and a small run of well-made goods, shipped to your kitchen."
url: "https://volarosso.com/"
lang: "en"
---

# A caffè you can't visit. Coffee you can.

Caffè Volarosso was never open. The coffee is real: two bags, roasted in Charleston and shipped to your kitchen.

[Meet the coffee](https://volarosso.com/coffee) [Shop everything](https://volarosso.com/shop)

## Colazione: the two bags

[![Espresso Rosso, 12 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbcxkje1btb268gabbds0t/caffe-volarosso-espresso-rosso-1.webp) Drop 01](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/espresso-rosso)

### [Espresso Rosso](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/espresso-rosso)

Medium roast, washed Colombian and natural Ethiopian: milk chocolate, toasted almond and an apple acidity that stays soft.

From $18.00

[![Filtro Bella Vita, 12 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbcxpee37tydyhqrzf0ff3/caffe-volarosso-filtro-bella-vita-1.webp) Drop 01](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/filtro-bella-vita)

### [Filtro Bella Vita](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/filtro-bella-vita)

Washed Huila caturra roasted medium for filter: red apple, panela sugar and a clean, juicy finish.

From $21.00

Who roasts it

## Roasted down the road, not across an ocean.

Both bags are roasted in small batches by a local Charleston roaster and ship within forty-eight hours of the roast date printed on the bag.

[How to brew them](https://volarosso.com/coffee)

![Beside the moka pot](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbcxpbe3yvf9y5zzp74cbv/caffe-volarosso-espresso-rosso-3.webp)

## Aperitivo: something to pour it into

[![Latte bowl, 14 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbde86e15tgmqpzgnv3g1t/caffe-volarosso-latte-bowl-1.webp)](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/latte-bowl)

### [Latte Bowl, 14 oz](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/latte-bowl)

A handleless bowl for two hands, glazed inside and over the rim, raw stoneware outside.

$26.00

[![Demitasse cup, 3 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbdbare2zs038nnm5rt9wm/caffe-volarosso-stacking-espresso-cup-1.webp)](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/stacking-espresso-cup)

### [Demitasse Cup, 3 oz](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/stacking-espresso-cup)

A 3 oz tulip demitasse in crema stoneware, rosso band under the rim, thick enough at the base to hold heat through a double.

$14.00

[![Crema colorway](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbdccee078rq4jp2psmnx0/caffe-volarosso-camp-mug-1.webp)](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/camp-mug)

### [Enamel Camp Mug, 16 oz](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/camp-mug)

Porcelain enamel over steel, 16 oz, with a rosso band under the rim and a handle that takes a glove.

$22.00

[![Diner mug, 12 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbdab5e3srp6t6415021a6/caffe-volarosso-volarosso-diner-mug-1.webp)](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/volarosso-diner-mug)

### [Diner Mug, 12 oz](https://volarosso.com/shop/products/volarosso-diner-mug)

Restaurant-weight vitrified stoneware, 12 oz, with a rolled rim and a thumb rest molded into the handle.

$18.00

The legend

## The terrace is always set. Nobody has ever sat down.

Il Rosso opened a caffè in Charleston and went out for a ride. The sign on the door has said Torno subito ever since. It is a good story, and the story page says plainly that it is not true.

[Read the story](https://volarosso.com/story)

![Illustrated caffè terrace: empty cane chairs, two pale iron tables and one espresso cup still steaming beside the closed door](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qb7rzse0rtfqws50x36242/caffe-volarosso-site-shop-outside-terrace.webp)

The staff

## Four people and a cat keep it running.

Bea pulls the shots, Tino fixes the machine, Signora Pina keeps the books, Ristretto supervises, and the nephew put it all on the internet because his uncle does not believe in websites.

[Meet the staff](https://volarosso.com/staff)

![Illustration of the redheaded nephew typing on a laptop at a table by the window, Ristretto the black cat watching from the next chair](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qb7ryfe39r2pgh4v3xv68v/caffe-volarosso-site-shop-inside-window-nipote.webp)

## From the people drinking it

![Espresso Rosso, 12 oz](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbcxkje1btb268gabbds0t/caffe-volarosso-espresso-rosso-1.webp)

![Whole beans](https://volarosso.com/cdn/media_01m3qbcxp4e07rcdcpcdvs19gr/caffe-volarosso-espresso-rosso-4.webp)

> Pulls sweet at 18 in, 36 out. Milk chocolate up front and just enough apple to keep it interesting. I have stopped buying anything else.

MB

Marcus B.

## Buon caffè. Bella vita.

The caffè is a story. The coffee is not.

[Shop the coffee](https://volarosso.com/shop) [Meet the coffee](https://volarosso.com/coffee)