Tostaduría Bisetti

Overview

Romulo Bisetti, a Peruvian of Italian descent, opened the original Bisetti coffee house in Lima's Breña district in 1958, when Peruvian coffee culture was effectively limited to commodity-grade exports. Three generations later his great-grandson David Torres Bisetti — who had worked as a barista in New York — opened the Arabica Espresso Bar in Miraflores in 2008 and the flagship Tostaduría Bisetti in Barranco in 2011, then in 2010 began sourcing Peruvian specialty lots starting with producer Wilson Sucaticona in Puno.

Known for

• Lima's longest-running coffee house, founded in 1958 by Italian-Peruvian Romulo Bisetti
• Among Peru's first specialty roasters, with sourcing and roasting led by great-grandson David Torres Bisetti
• Sister cafe Arabica Espresso Bar (Miraflores, opened 2008) — credited as Lima's first European-style espresso bar
• In-house roasting and cupping lab plus a workshop offering courses and tasting classes
• Signature 'Solo para fumadores' blend, its name borrowed from a Julio Ramón Ribeyro essay

Why it matters

Bisetti is the closest thing Peruvian specialty coffee has to a heritage roaster: a 60-plus-year continuous family business that bridged the Italian-immigrant café tradition of the 1950s and the third-wave specialty awakening of the 2010s. Most Lima specialty professionals trace their first exposure to fine Peruvian coffee to the Barranco flagship or its Arabica espresso-bar sister.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

David Torres Bisetti

color sorting

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roaster machine

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filter equipment

Chemex, V60, syphon, Moka pot, French press

cupping frequency

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roastery location

Av. Pedro de Osma 116, Barranco, Lima (in-cafe roasting and lab)

espresso equipment

La Marzocco

annual volume tonnes

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Café

Av. Pedro de Osma 116, Barranco, Lima 15063 (flagship); Calle Gral Recavarren 269, Miraflores (Arabica Espresso Bar)

Recognitions

• Lima's longest-running coffee house (founded 1958)
• Sister cafe Arabica Espresso Bar credited as Lima's first European-style espresso bar (2008)

Sources

• https://perfectdailygrind.com/2017/06/a-specialty-coffee-shop-tour-of-lima-peru/
• https://bestofperutravel.com/place/cafe-bisetti-in-barranco/
• https://www.coffeesphere.com/coffee-shops-in-lima/
• http://limacitykings.com/arabica-tostaduria-bisetti/
• https://www.kuodatravel.com/blog/a-great-cup-of-peruvian-coffee/
• https://wanderlog.com/place/details/433844/tostadur%C3%ADa-bisetti
• https://www.explorandes.com/blog/best-coffee-cusco
• https://talesfromthelens.com/speciality-coffee-guide-lima/