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Rating: Standard, mid-range decent Roman Espresso
The Bar Trilussa Caffè is another one of those places on the Viale Trastevere that is always full of people. It’s situated right next to the ministry of Education, and right at the foot of all the street vendors lining up the sidewalk. I expected some rather rancid drink, simply because the combination of lots of people running about and the vendors, and so forth, usually translates into less than optimal coffee. But I was surprised to find out that the stufff being brewed was decent!
Asking for a coffee at the counter gave me this:
Presentation: It was a small fluted cup. The hole for the cup on the saucer was slightly off-center, and I liked it. No water was offered, and the espresso was milked at the machine just for me. It was quiet and nobody else was asking for coffee.
Temperature of Cup: Very good temperature. Not scalding, not boiling, nor cold, nor wet.
Quantity: Very short shot. I was glad, if it was good I would have a lingering desire for another shot. If it was bad, it’d be over soon and I’d be free of the pain…
Temperature: Ahh… at the meeting of the coffee and my lips things were good. The temperature of the cup agreed with the coffee. It was nice.
Volume/Consistency: It was light, on the thin side, but not watery nor runny. You could savor a bit of oil in there if you pressed your tongue to the top of your mouth. There was some life in it, but you had to seek it out.
Crema: It was on light side, if you look there was some of that beautiful striping that you get in fresh light-roasted beans. It was thin, and also persistent.
Odor: No real coffee odor. It was the darkish tone that I get when I have the dark roasted, but not reaching French roast, that is so prevalent here in Rome.
Taste: It was bitter, felt like it was a metallic taste, but it was not. The sharpness was the caffeine profile you taste in some lighter roasted-coffees. Besides seeking out the oiliness of the extraction, this either/or game of what this other taste was fun to think about when drinking it.
Overall: It wasn’t straight out a really great Roman espresso. It was good, solid, and decent. Quite mid-range, and yet, decent to boot. I wouldn’t hesitate to come back to this place. And another reason is the setup…
The setup: They had a beautiful San Marco three-group lever machine. I’ve seen a few others of these working about in Rome, this one was beautiful. The grinder was a CMA dark workhorse that had all the trimmings to kill kilos of beans every hour. The coffee being served was Caffè Haiti Roma. This, in my experience, is a decent roaster that operates out of South-Rome (near Ciampino airport).
One thing that must be mentioned, is that the presence of a lever machine in a bar as busy as this one, is a sign that the owners do care about their coffee. Each shot takes it’s time and no matter how many clients you have lined up, once you lock the bar, you’re there to wait until the shot is over. Period. So I liked this. And this care showed in their espresso. I looked up their website, and they seem to be following the Neapolitan school of coffee. They have a page dedicated to how coffee is supposed to be, and even mention the extraction temperatures! We’re doing good here! Either way, not knowing this when I walked it, it showed: Solid Roman coffee is indeed being served here.
Trilussa Bar Caffè,
Caffetteria, Gastronomia, Abbonamenti, Biglietti
Aloise Domenico
Viale Trastevere 76, 00153 Roma
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