Member Login Home Company Roasting Franchising News The Coffee Children Caffè del Doge Golf Trophy Privacy & cookies MONDAY 26 Oct 2015 The company and its history Located in the historic heart of Venice, a stone's throw from the Rialto Bridge, it has inherited the secrets of the ancient art of roasting handed down by its founder, Cavalier Ermenegildo Rizzardini, who in the second half of the last century infused all his passion and his experience as a master roaster in one of the most famous crafts in Venice. Since 1995, the Caffè del Doge roasting company has been acquired by Bernardo Della Mea, a passionate connoisseur and lover of coffee, who with his collaborators expands and structures the small roasting company in a dynamic and modern artisan reality. Since 1997 Caffè del Doge has been a member of the "Specialty Coffee Association of America" (www.scaa.org), an international organization that deals with the enhancement, development and promotion of coffee, from the plantation to the cup. By participating in the 1999 New York Fancy Food Show, the discovery of foreign markets begins. The production activity moves in 2001 to the gates of Padua; a choice forced by precise structural, logistic and production needs. Today the Due Carrare plant is equipped with a cutting-edge roasting system in its sector, while maintaining the characteristics of the traditional processing method: the "classic Venetian method" handed down by the master roaster. The following ten years bring the Caffè del Doge brand to be present in 25 countries around the world with an export of over 40% of its turnover, maintaining a strong territorial presence in the city of Venice (in 2004 Caffè del Doge becomes a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) and in the same year the roasting company was chosen by the foundation of Palazzo Grassi to manage its restaurant and café during the Salvador Dalì exhibition, later the Caffè del Doge brand will be present in the cafes of the Venetian Civic Museums ). The opening in 2003 of the first branded coffee shops in Venice and Tokyo are the moment of great strategic choices for an artisan roasting company: to bring the scents and tastes of Venice espresso coffee to the world: a city that for the first time hosted coffee in Italy . The famous “Caffè delle Stagioni®” single-selection roasted coffees proposed in purity (extremely different from each other) selected to offer new aromas, sensations and emotions to coffee lovers are studied and refined. The openings of the Caffè del Doge brand Coffee Bars are celebrated in Palo Alto in California, in Egypt in the city of Cairo, in Argentina in Buenos Aires, the fruits of collaborations with partners who are attentive and sensitive to the project and at the same time passionate and proud of work done together. In 2008 it was a celebration for the opening of the sister café in Bolzano, and in 2010 Caffè del Doge contributed to the setting up, as official supplier, of the museum café of Villa Pisani on the Brenta Riviera: the splendid family summer residence of Doge Alvise Pisani (1735). The coffee Our blends The coffees of the seasons Waffle Images Who is online 4 visitors online Facebook Caffè del Doge srl Castello, 6034 - 30122 Venice - ITALY - Administrative Offices & Roasting Plant: Via E. Mattei, 11 / E - ZI Terradura 35020 Due Carrare (Padua) - ITALY CF and VAT number 03273810279 We use cookies to make sure you can have the best experience on our site. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. For more information, read the privacy policy . I accept cookies from this site. I accept