Torrefazione Gadda

still talking about where to get a proper coffee in the east milan suburbs, and gadda keeps coming up. via carolina balconi isn't a street you'd stumble onto by accident, which means the people who find torrefazione gadda out in cernusco sul naviglio are usually there because someone told them to go. that word-of-mouth pull says something about how seriously they take the roasting side of things, not just the serving side. you don't drive out to a residential stretch of the milanese hinterland for average. the regulars here are consistent and vocal, which in italy, where coffee opinions run deep, is its own kind of credential. start with whatever's on the espresso bar that morning.