Our history

The history of the company began in 1923, when Guido Nannini and Giovanni Bei, who came into contact through their respective jobs and became friends, decided to take the big step together, thus they founded a coffee company called "Società Lucchese del Caffè - Bei & Nannini Snc".
Christopher Columbus' Caravel was the chosen symbol and is still the "Bei & Nannini" brand today; in that idea there was their resourcefulness, their dreams and the desire to succeed. The founders' sons - Ciro and Osvaldo Bei, Giuseppe and Franco Nannini - continued together until the nineties. Today the company is managed by Guido Nannini, son of Franco Nannini.
Coffee has always been an art for us, where trained eyes and refined palates always manage to get the best from our blends. For this reason we have always looked for the best qualities wherever we found coffee that met the taste needs of our customers.

Quality

The Nannini family has run the company for generations, based on three fundamental principles: selecting the highest quality green coffee, attention to detail in creating unique blends, and pouring the best flavor into your cup of coffee.

Transparency

Our blends are created with coffee from all over the world. For this reason it is extremely important for us to maintain direct relationships with our suppliers, and to show our customers the origin and provenance of our coffee.

Experience

The "Gran Miscela Colombo®" has delighted the palates of many coffee lovers and has made its brand with the caravel of the well-known Genoese navigator a highly successful brand in Italy and abroad. Even today it is possible to taste the Gran Miscela Colombo® in many places, both in Italy and abroad.

Attention to detail

We preserve the coffee beans according to their origin, and then roast them with a traditional slow roasting method, following our ancient traditional recipes. Each step is followed with great care by our staff, who ensures that the quality of the coffee remains intact once it reaches our customers. Every single raw material we use in the production process complies with the quality and safety standards required by national regulations.