CREMA is a new chapter in a story that began in 1895. It began when a 13 year old Italian boy, George Chiavario, fearing a fascist Italian government, fled Italy for the flat-lands of Illinois. He was looking for something better, something different, ironically something authentically Italian. In Illinois he found a place where he could do what he loved best, just as his family had done for generations in Italy. George pursued his passions in Illinois, raised a close-knit family, farmed, made good wine, and always drank fine coffee.
The Chiavario family thrived, sharing their passion for farming and wine making with their growing community. 
Their passion for family, good food and quality added a distinctively different flavor to the Illinois community. And so it was in this rich heritage that George’s son Joseph thrived. Inherently, Joseph raised his son Raymond in these same honored traditions handed down from generations of Italians before them.
Raymond’s daughter Rachel has begun the newest chapter of the Chiavario story through CREMA. As you might expect, she is passionate about the same things George Chiavario weaved into her family’s heritage, most notably a passion for fine coffee and espresso. The Italian heritage has been intimately threaded through each generation and into the ethos of CREMA, Rachel’s coffee shop located at 15 Hermitage Ave, Nashville, TN.
At just 25 years of age and ten years of experience in the coffee industry, managing, training, consulting and competing (winner of Bongo Java’s 2006 Barista competition), Rachel shares the Chiavario tradition of Italian passions and quality with Nashville, serving finer coffee and espresso.
“Crema” is the mark of excellence in the finest espresso. When a shot of espresso is properly created, its rich foam topping is the “crema”. In the tradition of her family, Rachel has crafted an original experience that is the “crema,’ the evidence of an excellent heritage fused with passion for fine coffee. These are the essential ingredients of great coffee.
George would be proud!
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Hi Rachel and Ben!
It was great to meet you at your cafe this morning! I came in with Daniel and I work at Marche. Thanks for bringing your passion for great coffee to us. I loved your shop. I think we have a lot in common and I look forward to sharing more with you guys. Talk soon!
Joy
Great job on the website. Love it! Hope you guys do great. Love the shop. Will send any good Rolling Mill Hill info your way.
Currently, architects are working on the lay out of the trolley barns. More great business for SoBro!
See you soon!
This is wayyyyy to cute, love your website!!
Ben and Rachel~
this is awesome to see you doing so well.
Hey Ben and Rachel and Cinnamon
Oops meant to add
Visited the site again today and enjoyed the vid on expresso. WHO knew it takes so much precision to do expresso? Guess if one is a fanatic about it , they would know. I don’t happen to be .. however, I appreciate that you are and that you please your customers. Wish I could get to Nashville to try it out.
Continued best wishes.
Diana
The best cup of coffee I believe I have ever had…in fact I know it is. I came in there for the first time on Friday afternoon and really enjoyed not only the atmosphere, but the cup of Cuban coffee. It was awesome. You can tell right away that the passion for coffee exists there at Crema….I am going to recommend it to everyone I know who is a coffee drinker…and I will definitely be back…
Keep up the fantastic work.
Cheers,
Chris
Sneaking away mid-day is pretty fun for a cup of Joe.
Much thanks for figuring this out for Nashville.
Bless , Chris
Love your site and more importantly the YouTube videos you got. Am following you on Twitter and can’t wait to come visit next time I am in the area.
Great job and super family story that shows why you are so good!