Many people think that espresso is one of the oldest ways to drink coffee, but it is not true. Espresso was invented by Luigi Bezzera, who combined steam pressure with his love for coffee. Bezzera sold the patent in 1905 to Desidero Pavoni, which sold the first espresso coffee machine in the world: La Ideale. Ideale has little resemblance to today's machines, it only reached a pressure of 1.5 bar, which is very little compared to the 9 bar of today's machines. The result was

The Moka Pot is an important symbol of Italian culture. It is found in 90% of Italian homes. It is shown in several art and design museums around the world. The history of the moka pot involves the 2nd industrial revolution, fascism, futurism and war. The name of the coffee maker derives from the name of the city Mocha, in Yemen, a country that is a major exporter of coffee. The moka pot was invented in 1933 by Alfonso Bialetti who worked in France for 10 years in the aluminu