Video column: Hodeidah, bar and coffee roaster

by Martin Veeger April 3, 2014, 09:42 PM 6k views

Do you know what a roasting is? A coffee bar that roasts its own beans. How fresh do you want your coffee? Italy correspondent Maarten Veeger (fan of his Moka Expres) investigates in Milan. There you will find Hodeidah, named after a coffee port in Yemen. Here they take coffee very seriously. Traditionally made for 70 years.

Did you know that there are about 120 chemical elements in a coffee bean? And that 2 of them are really important? You understand that they have few good words about this for hip coffees such as the Nespresso. SorryGeorge Clooney. But Hodeidah's customers know how to value real quality, as the owner of the bar annex roastery assures us. Have a nice cup of espresso with it and enjoy this insight into the Italian coffee culture.

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Written by Martin Veeger

After a short career at an international bank, Maarten Veeger found out that his main aim was to be a journalist. And started writing for the editorial board of the Financieele Dagblad in Amsterdam. He has now been a multimedia correspondent in Italy for over ten years. He mainly works for Het Financieele Dagblad, BNR Radio, RTL Boulevard and sports productions for the NOS. In Italy he makes videos for La Stampa, among others. He wrote four books about his homeland, is married and has two daughters.