In 1884 , the first espresso machine was patented by Angelo Moriondo from Turin. It held a name of “new steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage, method ‘A. Moriondo”. Unlike later espresso machines, it was a bulk brewer and brewed coffees for more customers at the time. Where was the … Read more
In 1933 Hungarian-Italian Francesco Illy invented the first automatic coffee machine that substituted pressurized water for steam. The Illetta became the predecessor of today’s espresso machine. When was the first espresso machine? One enterprising young Milanese man named Luigi Bezzerra did just what was needed to solve the productivity problem: he built a machine. Specifically, … Read more
The person who invented the espresso machine was Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy. He received a patent for it in 1884 , but it didn’t become popular due to the fact that it was only used for the Turin General Exposition and wasn’t widely available. Where did espresso machines originate? Though there were surely innumerable … Read more