Just recently, Carl Bjorkstrand, La Cimbali UK’s Managing Director enjoyed his visit to the Gruppo Cimbali headquarters in Milan, along with a visit to the Museum of Espresso Coffee Machines (MUMAC). He reports that he was impressed by the versatility and use of the MUMAC facility and that visiting never feels like work because the people are welcoming and also share his love and passion for coffee!
The headquarters of Gruppo Cimbali is located in Binasco, near Milan. The building is 46,000 sqm indoors and has a total area of 85,000 sqm., housing four production facilities.
The MUMAC opened in 2012 as a celebration of Gruppo Cimbali’s 100 years. It was the largest and first of its kind for exhibiting the culture and history of professional espresso coffee machines. It presents an overview of more than 200 coffee machines and 15,000 documents and valuable audio-visual materials, which are displayed in a way to ensure maximum viewing and engagement.
As well as a museum for coffee machines, MUMAC is also a centre for coffee excellence and training. Whist there, there was a lot of activity in the cupping room where a well-known Italian artisan roaster – Paolo Scimone was roasting and cupping Arabica beans from the highlands of China. It’s very unusual for this coffee to reach Europe, so it was interesting to see how Paolo was homing in on the best roasting parameters.
Cimbali are always hosting people from different areas of the coffee world, and positively encourage them to come and make use of the great facilities that we have to increase coffee knowledge for everyone.”
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