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Rating: Standard, mid to low level Roman coffee
Facing Piazza Barberini and right next to the Barberini metro stop you'll find a very busy, bustling and tourist filled cafe cum restaurant. It's got a haughty name, Conte di Galluccio. It is half a street-side bar, and another half a pricy restaurant. thought it was a 100% cafe, but after leaving I realized that there was a whole other wing to the corner shop, so... having made a review, I thought I'd share it here. There's tons of people in there and lots of chaos, so be ready with a whole bunch of patience to order your coffee.
Asking the barista for a coffee got me this:
Presentation: Hmmm.. interesting, Here's the same cup we've seen before. The "Don Chissciote" (Don Quixote). This is apparently the old 'logo' or name-brand of Marziali Caffè. Interesting! The cup is an interesting fluted but slightly stunted piece. Either way, it was clean, the spoon quite new, and of course, with so many tourists involved, no water served!
Temperature of Cup: Very warm, but not yet scalding. We're doing OK so far!
Quantity: Short shot. Simple as that.
Temperature: Quite warm, but not scalding, just like the cup. Perfect harmony between the liquid and the solid. All is great so far.
Volume/Consistency: It was thickish, more than I expected. It had some body, but the consistency was tart, way to tart...
Crema: It was dark, as you can see, even, uniform, not really interesting, but thick. We're still doing OK here with this drink.
Odor: Hmm.. wow! Yes, I smelled dark roasted coffee. Sticking my nose into the cup, I could really smell coffee. What a great surprise!! Finally a cafe where the coffee actually smells like it should!
Taste: All was going OK until man, you go and drink the damned thing. It was so amazingly bitter it almost dunked itself into the rancid side. Had it been warmer, it would have been an awful coffee, but it was simply acridly bitter.
Overall: Yes, it was stout as could be and hell of a powerful drink. Too strong and bitter for my taste, simply doesn't give you any room to taste any actual flavors in the coffee. It was so pungent that well... it was a normal Roman coffee but veering into the south end of the low quality type.
The setup: They had a nice La Cimbali vintage 80s early 90s looking machine with a Mazzer grinder. The coffee was a brand that is still to convince me (although I have had good versions of it!), it was Marziali Caffè.
Conte di Galluccio Bar
Fratelli Ciccazzo R.C.S., S.R.L
Piazza Barberini 16
00187 Roma