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Aliena Coffee Roasters
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Rome specialty coffee roastery launched officially on 7 February 2022 out of Faro, Rome's first specialty café. Roasts exclusively single-origin, traceable lots across two lines — light-roast ALIENA and medium-roast UMANA — on a 15kg Giesen roaster, supplying its own online shop plus Roman cafés including Faro, Barnum, Fischio and Bottega Liberati. Based in Monte Sacro. Source: caffealiena.com, Faro Rome (Facebook).
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Aliena Coffee Roasters
Via Valle Corteno 58, 00141 Roma RM, ItalyCoffees
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A Pink Bourbon lot from Finca El Jardín in Planadas, anaerobically fermented for a velvety texture and persistent finish — tropical fruit, ripe strawberry, yellow peach and pink florals. Light roast, best for filter/drip. Source: caffealiena.com.
Tropical fruit, ripe strawberry, yellow peach, pink florals
From the Daye Bensa washing station (2nd place, 2022 Cup of Excellence) in the Sidama region. A high-altitude washed lot with a complex, fruity and floral aromatic profile. Light roast. Source: caffealiena.com.
Fruity and floral, complex aromatic profile
From the Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society (est. 1988, ~800 smallholder farmers on volcanic soils). High altitude and cool climate give a clean, layered cup — red currant, pink grapefruit, pomegranate, black tea. Light roast. Source: caffealiena.com.
Red currant, pink grapefruit, pomegranate, black tea
Grown by the Rioja family in Huabal, naturally processed with an extended two-stage fermentation. Mandarin and spice notes with a round, persistent sweetness. Light roast. Source: caffealiena.com.
Mandarin, spices