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Illycaffè (branded as illy) is an Italian coffee roasting company that specializes in the production of espresso. The company was founded by Francesco Illy in 1933 and was later led and expanded by his son Ernesto Illy. Today, Andrea Illy is the Chairman and CEO, representing the third generation of family leadership. The company has more than 800 employees and reached a gross revenue of €361 million in 2012. Illy produces one blend in three roast variations: normal, dark roast, and decaffeinated. In addition, illy offers Monoarabica, single-origin arabica beans from six different countries: Brazil, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and India. Seasonally, the company offers Idillyum, a low-caffeine arabica that is grown in the rich, volcanic soils of El Salvador. Illy coffee is packaged as whole beans, pre-ground coffee, Easy Serving Espresso (E.S.E.) pods, and iperEspresso capsules. ==History== The history of illycaffè is inextricably linked to the lives of the company's founder, Francesco Illy (known as Illy Ferenc in Hungarian), and his family. Born in Temesvár in Empire of Austria-Hungary (since 1918 Timişoara, Romania), Francesco later went to Trieste, Italy, during World War I as an officer in the army. After the war he remained in the city, which had recently come under Italian rule, and in 1933 set up a business in the cocoa and coffee sectors, eventually deciding to concentrate exclusively on coffee.〔.〕 From the beginning, Francesco was interested in espresso coffee. In 1935, he invented the first automatic coffee machine which substituted compressed air for steam: the illetta, the predecessor of today's espresso machines.〔.〕 Francesco also devised a new packaging system for preserving coffee in which the cans were filled with inert gases instead of air pressurization. Illy coffee was soon "exported" outside the immediate Trieste area, and was eventually sold all over Italy. After the World War II, control of the company passed to Ernesto Illy (1925–2008), the son of the founder, who started a research laboratory that soon became the source of numerous new inventions and patents. It was Ernesto, a scientist and researcher, who established cooperation agreements with universities and research centres, and who promoted premium coffee around the globe.〔.〕 Ernesto's son Andrea Illy is currently the Chairman and CEO of the company, and Andrea's sister Anna Illy and brother Riccardo Illy are on the board of directors.〔 The illy brand of coffee is available in many countries, though with significant price differences depending on import duty rates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Illy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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