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The words express, expres and espresso each have several meanings in English, French and Italian. The first meaning is to do with the idea of "expressing" ("pressing out of") or squeezing the flavour from the coffee using the pressure of the steam. The second meaning is to do with speed, as in a train.
Angelo Moriondo (27 August 1869 – 31 May 1914) was an Italian inventor, who is usually credited with patenting the earliest known espresso machine, in 1884. [1] His machine used a combination of steam and boiling water to efficiently brew coffee. [2]
The first espresso machine was created in 1822 by the Frenchman Louis Bernard Rabaut. [1] [2]In 1855, another Frenchman, Edouard Loysel de Santais, presented a café express machine at the Exposition Universelle of Paris able to make 2,000 cups of coffee in 1 hour.
A cup of Italian coffee, the espresso. Normally, within the espresso bar environment, the term caffè denotes straight espresso. When one orders "un caffè" it is normally enjoyed at the bar, standing. The espresso is always served with a saucer and demitasse spoon, and sometimes with a complimentary wrapped chocolate and a small glass of water.
Luigi Bezzera (born in the 19th century; died in the 20th century) was an Italian mechanic and innovator. [1] He is the inventor of the first removable portafilter espresso machine, while Angelo Moriondo holds the first recorded patent for the espresso machine, he hired a mechanic in Milan to build it. Some believe that mechanic to be Luigi ...
The motivation for the caffè crema is that it produces a traditional large cup of coffee, just as brewed coffee does: the small size of espresso is due to the original Gaggia lever espresso machine of 1948 requiring manual pressure, and thus a single (solo) espresso of 30 millilitres (1.1 imp fl oz; 1.0 US fl oz) was the maximum that could ...
The history of coffee dates back centuries, first from its origin in Ethiopia and later in Yemen. It was already known in Mecca in the 15th century. Also, in the 15th century, Sufi monasteries in Yemen employed coffee as an aid to concentration during prayers. [ 1 ]
He met Vittoria Berg, a piano teacher of Italian-Irish origin, and soon married her. They had two children. In 1933 Illy founded illycaffè, [1] which invented the first automatic coffee machine that substituted pressurized water for steam. The Illetta became the predecessor of today's espresso machine. [2]