The first nations to drink coffee in the world are Ethiopians and not Italians, but the first to make the most important coffee machine in the world, espresso, is Italian. To be precise, someone who came from Turin and came home a liquor merchant named Angelo Moriondo. Angelo then expanded his family business and bought Grand-Hotel Ligure at Piazza Carlo Felice and American Bar in the Galleria Nazionale. The hotel and food business was the trigger then became the beginning of a machine that could make coffee quickly to satisfy the hurried customers.
The first espresso machine was exhibited at an exhibition, General Expo, in Turin, in 1884. Angelo showed off his invention and received a bronze medal from the organizer at the time. The mechanic that made the machine was actually Martina, and Angelo "was just" the designer.
Seventeen years later, in 1901, a businessman from Milan named Luigi Bezzerra developed an espresso machine that already exists. Luigi is then (and to this day) known as "Mr Espresso" because he is regarded as Thomas Jefferson and his George Washington espresso revolution
Luigi is not really a person in the coffee or food business, but he is a factory owner who feels his time is stolen by the workers every coffee break. Hence, then he made a machine that can shorten the coffee time of his workers by perfecting the espresso machine before it was there. So Luigi's goal was to have an espresso machine at that time purely for the sake of his business, and no one knew about the "new" machine and drink until 1905 there was someone else whose name Desiderio Pavoni bought the patent of this espresso machine and successfully introduced the espresso in the Italian market. Desiderio is rapidly changing the way Italians drink coffee!
Desiderio is not just buying espresso machine from Luigi, but also experimenting with various temperatures and pressures, and try to eliminate the excessive bitterness.
Like the other world's inventions, Desiderio's espresso machine is considered to be less than perfect, and refined by another Italian named Achille Gaggia in 1938. Gaggia's espresso machine can produce crema or a layer of foam in over espresso. And this Gaggia brand espresso machine is still the most famous espresso machine in the world.
At the Coffee Museum in London, there are some interesting coffee machines. Unfortunately there is no information about the machines, but it could be the machine below is one of Gaggia's espresso machines in the early days
In 1950 a coffee machine company from Italy whose name was FAEMA (Fabbrica Apparecchiature Elettromeccaniche e Affini) made an espresso machine with a pump system. And just like Gaggia, this brand espresso machine is still sold in the market today.
If we are looking on eBay, until now there are still people who offer antique espresso machine made in 1950, either the brand Gaggia or FAEMA. FAEMA E61 Ariette Lambro Vintage Espresso machine Latte Gaggia Working Coffemaker is an example. The price is just $ 9.99
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