Dan Martensen, Photographer, Founder of It's Bagels

Luke Courtier, Publisher at Monocle Magazine

Raven Smith, Vogue columnist, author & cultural commentator.

Gianluca Longo, Italian-born Editor and Menswear savant.

Harry Brantly, CEO & Co-Founder at FRESCOBOL CARIOCA. 

Thiago Soares, Brazilian dancer and former Royal Ballet principal. *This interview was conducted in “Portunglês”, a mix of Brazilian Portuguese and English, and has therefore been translated across parts.  For those who don’t know you, how would you introduce yourself and what you do? My name is Thiago Soares. I’m from Rio de Janeiro; I’m a dancer and a choreographer. I’ve been an artist since I was 14 years old, when I joined a dance group in my neighbourhood. Since then, that’s what I’ve...

In celebration of our collaboration, FRESCOBOL CARIOCA and La Marzocco have teamed up to take the Cafezinho Carioca experience on tour, bringing together Brazilian leisure culture and Italian espresso heritage, we invite guests around the world to pause and connect over coffee, conversation and aperitivo. At Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the epicentre of menswear and hometown of La Marzocco, the cafezinho came to life during the Pitti Uomo festival with Cafezinho Carioca; an immersive coffee shop inspired by the Brazilian ritual of the...

According to Harry Brantly, co-founder of FRESCOBOL CARIOCASummering in the Cidade Maravilhosa is an art; we asked the founder of the brand wholly inspired by the Carioca way of life how he chooses to practice it. 

In Rio de Janeiro, mornings are measured in sunlight, rhythm, and the quiet pleasure of a shared coffee.

Why coffee evolved from a daily commodity into one of luxury’s most powerful cultural touchpoints.