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Many people think that espresso is one of the oldest ways to drink coffee, but it is not true.
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Espresso was invented by Luigi Bezzera, who combined steam pressure with his love for coffee.
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Bezzera sold the patent in 1905 to Desidero Pavoni, which sold the first espresso coffee machine in the world: La Ideale.
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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 a coffee more like filtered coffee.
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Espressos coffee had some acceptance problems by people because the use of steam resulted in a burnt-flavored coffee.
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In the 1940s, a worker at a coffee grinding plant came up with the idea of using a piston to force water through coffee instead of steam.
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This invention squeezes essential oils and colloids, creating the main characteristic of espresso: the cream
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Legend has it that the inventor was inspired by the hydraulic shock absorbers of an American army jeep.
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The next time you drink an espresso, remember this story.