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An espresso machine brews coffee by forcing pressurized water near boiling point through a "puck" of ground coffee and a filter in order to produce a thick, concentrated coffee called espresso. Multiple machine designs have been created to produce espresso. Several machines share some common elements, such as a grouphead and a portafilter. An ...
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 .
Angelo Moriondo is often erroneously credited for inventing the beverage, since he patented a steam-driven coffee beverage making device in 1884 (No. 33/256), probably the first Italian coffee machine similar to other French and English 1800s steam-driven coffee machines. The device is "almost certainly the first Italian bar machine that ...
FAEMA (Italian acronym: Fabbrica Apparecchiature Elettromeccaniche e Affini) primarily engaged in the production of espresso machines, was founded in 1945 by Carlo Ernesto Valente, in Milan, Italy Faema was to become synonymous with the post- war production boom in Italy, by actively pursuing technological innovation as the company's driving force.
The moka pot [1] [2] is a stove-top or electric coffee maker that brews coffee by passing hot water driven by vapor pressure and heat-driven gas expansion through ground coffee. Named after the Yemeni city of Mocha, it was invented by Italian engineer Luigi Di Ponti in 1933 [3] [4] [5] who sold the patent to Alfonso Bialetti, an aluminum
Domestic coffee machines Professional coffee machines Gaggia Internazionale 2 group espresso machine, c.1950 Model "Classica", 1948 Gaggia Classic, 10/2010 Gaggia is an Italian manufacturer of coffee machines , especially espresso machines , in addition to small kitchen appliances .
Italian coffee consumption, often espresso, is highest in the city of Trieste, with an average of 1500 cups of coffee per person per year. That is about twice as much as is usually drunk in Italy. [3] Caffè (pronounced) is the Italian word for coffee and probably originates from Kaffa (Arabic: قهوة, romanized: Qahwa), [4] the region in ...
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.