La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro

Overview

Antigua Tazzadoro was founded as a Roman coffee roastery in 1944, with the bar — La Casa del Caffè al Pantheon — opening on Via degli Orfani in 1946 as a tasting room where customers could try blends before buying beans. It is the only artisan vintage roaster still operating in the historic centre of Rome, situated a few hundred metres from the Pantheon and across the small piazza from the Italian Senate. Branded under both Tazza d'Oro and Antigua Tazzadoro, the company is best known for its Regina line of blends including the Regina Jamaica Blue Mountain, the granita di caffè con panna (a layered iced espresso with whipped cream), and a Roman price point unusually accessible for a heritage tourist destination.

Known for

• Founded 1944 as a roastery; tasting bar (La Casa del Caffè al Pantheon) opened 1946 at Via degli Orfani 84
• Only artisan vintage coffee roaster still operating in Rome's historic centre
• Granita di caffè con panna — signature layered iced espresso with whipped cream
• Regina line of blends including a Jamaica Blue Mountain single origin
• The Sower (Seeder) logo on the building façade — original brand mark since 1944

Why it matters

Tazza d'Oro is one of two anchor heritage roasteries in Rome's historic centre — Sant'Eustachio (founded 1938) being the other — and the only one still actively roasting on-site. The combination is what defines the Roman coffee tradition: dark-roast Italian house style at a price working Romans actually pay (espresso ~€1), in spaces unchanged in 80 years. The granita di caffè recipe is unique to Tazza d'Oro and a tourist destination on its own merits.

Production

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roastery location

Via degli Orfani 84, Rome (historic centre, on-site)

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Café

Via degli Orfani 84, 00186 Roma

Recognitions

• Only artisan historic coffee roaster still operating in Rome's historic centre
• Heritage operator since 1944

Sources

• https://www.tazzadorocoffeeshop.com/en/about-us/
• https://www.tazzadorocoffeeshop.com/en/homepage/
• https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-historic-coffee-houses.html
• https://www.coffeeinitalia.com/2023/11/antigua-tazza-doro-is-a-great-coffee-shop-in-rome/
• https://www.saturdaysinrome.com/blog/best-coffee-rome-tazzadoro/