Alessandro Hausbrandt, owner and founder of Antica Tostatura Triestina, takes cues from his family's generation's old connection to coffee and brings his beans to perfection over a wood-fired roaster.

You can tell how fresh the beans are by the depth and density of the crema, a caramel-colored meringue that holds the intense flavors indicative of fine espresso. But Antica's complexity propels it beyond being merely a great cup. It is rich, tart, and layered with a series of moments and events of flavor -- honey, grapefruit, anise, a young pear, and on and on and on.

The details:
This is a superb-quality Italian coffee with tradition that goes back more than 100 years -- which, like Martha, you can enjoy every morning in your own home. Samples were given to the studio audience.

Buy online:
anticausa.com

Seen on the show:
January 26 2009

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