Down in the centro<\/em>, there are two bars of great note, and everyone has a strong preference for one or the other. No clear winner. Me, I prefer Sant Eustachio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A post in compliance with The Coffeeneuring Challenge 2026<\/a>. Posted today, but completed yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/div>", "value": "#coffeeneuring2026 No. 4; 6.6km round-trip\nDown in the centro, there are two bars of great note, and everyone has a strong preference for one or the other. No clear winner. Me, I prefer Sant Eustachio.\nA gray stone wall with the blue and yellow sign of Sant Eustachio, Il Caffe\u0300. to the right of the photo is a folded black Brompton bicycle. A few people can be seen at outdoor tables.\nMaybe it\u2019s because I was introduced to it by my lost Italian friend, who would take dessert here after a late dinner downtown, a large espresso with a marron glace\u0301, the sweet and the bitter offsetting one another perfectly provided, of course, that you remember to order your coffee amaro, bitter.\nSant Eustachio is the only place I know in Rome that pre-sugars your coffee as they make it, unless you specify otherwise and insist. You can maybe make out the sign on the edge of the counter, below. That photo also shows the somewhat tacky barrier on the side of the coffee machine, to hide what is actually going on back there. It has been there as long as I have been going there. I have no idea what they have to hide.\nThree baristi, one holding a small cup of espresso, behind a counter, with trade-mark yellow signage and branding.\nAs for the coffee, a double is traditional, and I can say that it has the thickest crema of any espresso in Rome, far thicker than the other place, which I might force myself to visit for the sake of coffeeneuring.\nA hand holding a white cup containing a double espresso, no sugar, with a very thick layer of foam on top, sitting on a doily. Behind can be seen brightly wrapped packages of sweeties.\nA post in compliance with The Coffeeneuring Challenge 2026. 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