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Caracas · Venezuela

Espresso Carbone

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Overview

Espresso Carbone is the Caracas specialty bar founded by Italian-Venezuelan Pietro Carbone, who in 2009 opened one of the country's first barista schools — later renamed Accademia del Caffe — and pioneered the Venezuelan third-wave bar by working directly with local producers to roast specialty single origins. Carbone holds an SCAE Coffee Diploma and trained in Italy with both Istituto Nazionale Espresso Italiano (INEI) and Istituto Internazionale Assaggiatori Caffè (IIAC); his book Pasión por el Café is a Spanish-language reference for Latin American specialty.

Known for

  • Founded the first specialty coffee bar in Venezuela
  • 2009 founder of Accademia del Caffe — one of two schools that trained 30,000+ Venezuelan baristas
  • SCAE Coffee Diploma; trained INEI + IIAC in Italy
  • Author of 'Pasión por el Café'
  • Italian-Venezuelan family heritage — the Italian community anchored the country's espresso tradition for decades before specialty arrived

Why it matters

Venezuela was once a coffee exporter on par with Colombia and Brazil before its industry was dismantled by the country's century-long pivot to oil. Carbone is the operator who put third-wave grammar — barista training, traceability, single-origin pricing — into modern Caracas, and the first to teach producers and consumers how to talk about flavor profile in the same room. The country's barista-school infrastructure (Provenzal Academy, Café y Ciencia, Escuela Venezolana del Café) is largely downstream of the model Accademia del Caffe established in 2009.

Production

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Pietro Carbone
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Caracas, Venezuela
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Café

This roaster operates a café.

Recognitions

  • SCAE Coffee Diploma
  • INEI / IIAC certified (Italy)

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