Roasteries / Gocce di Cioccolato
Gocce di Cioccolato
Turin, Italy
A pastry shop, café and artisanal micro-roastery in Turin's Borgo Vittoria, founded in August 2002 by Maurizio Galiano and Ivano Baiunco out of a long friendship and a shared desire to work only with excellent raw materials. Maurizio began roasting specialty coffee in 2009 and in 2017 became a partner in Finca Rio Colorado, a 45-hectare, 100%-sustainable farm in Las Capucas, Copán, western Honduras. The roasting side now trades under the sister brand Dropstery — nine-plus single-origin coffees, mostly from Colombia and Honduras, roasted for espresso, moka and filter — while the Via Stradella storefront remains the pastry shop, café and retail point where the beans, cakes and breakfast pastries are sold. Source: goccedicioccolato.net, dropstery.com, comunicaffe.it, maestridelgustotorino.com
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Gocce di Cioccolato
Via Stradella 242, 10147 Torino, ItalySunday: 07:00-13:00 Monday: Closed Tuesday-Saturday: 07:00-13:00, 15:30-17:00
+39 011 226 7950Coffees
10 coffees
Medium, soft body with pleasant sweetness, minimal acidity and typical dark-chocolate bitterness, from a 6,000-member cooperative.
Plum · Hazelnut · Dark chocolate
A sugarcane-derived decaffeination from the same family-run La Cristalina farm — medium, juicy body with pronounced sweetness, subtle acidity and no bitterness.
Blackberry · Sugarcane · Mou
Medium-high, soft and velvety body balancing tartaric acidity with sweetness and a subtle black-tea bitterness. Suited to espresso, moka and filter.
Cherry · Black tea · Vermouth · Butter
Medium, buttery body with extreme white-chocolate sweetness and a light, pleasant malic acidity.
Peach · White chocolate · Wafer
A medium-bodied, buttery-textured blend combining lots from three Tarrazú family farms.
Wild raspberry · Floral · Hazelnut biscuit · Black tea
Medium body with citric acidity, floral aromatics, red orange and candied lemon alongside caramel sweetness.
Peach · Caramel · Mint · Cranberry
Medium body with moderate citrus acidity and low bitterness, from co-owner Maurizio Galiano's own farm in western Honduras. Slow Food Coffee Coalition and Socially Responsible Coffee certified.
Candied orange · Caramel · Almond brittle
Medium body with citric acidity, notable sweetness and low bitterness — an anaerobic-fermentation lot from the same Rio Colorado farm.
Floral · Mandarin · Hazelnut
A medium, soft-bodied cup with citrus acidity and cocoa undertones from a smallholder producer near Celaque National Park; recommended for espresso and moka.
Passion fruit · Almond · Walnut · Wildflower honey
Low-medium, syrupy body with pleasant sweetness and the bright acidity typical of red-fruit Rwandan lots.
Red grape · Cola · Berries · Black tea