Angelo Moriondo ( Turin , June 6, 1851 - Mentino , May 31, 1914) is an Italian inventor who received a patent for an espresso coffee machine in 1884 [1] .
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Biography
Angelo Moriondo came from a family of entrepreneurs. His grandfather founded a liquor company, the management of which was continued by Giacomo's father. In turn, the father, together with his brother Ettore and cousin Gariglio, founded the chocolate company Moriondo and Gariglio. Angelo was the owner of the Grand-Hotel Ligure in the center of Turin in Piazza Carlo Felice and the American bar in Rome [2] .
Invention
Moriondo presented his invention at an exhibition in Turin in 1884, where it was awarded a bronze medal . The patent was granted for a period of six years on May 16, 1884 under the name "New steam engine for the economical and instant sweetness of a coffee drink, method of A. Moriondo." In fact, the machine was built by a mechanic named Martin, who worked under the direct supervision of the inventor [3] .
The invention was updated in a patent dated November 20, 1884, Volume 34, No. 381. After registration in Paris , Moriondo's invention was confirmed by an international patent on October 23, 1885. Subsequently, the Italian continued to improve his invention, each improvement received a patent.
Angelo Moriondo did not start the invention in industrial production. He limited himself to creating several hand-made copies that worked in his establishments, being convinced that this was an essential advertisement for coffee machines.
Jan Bursten, a coffee historian, describes Moriondo’s device as “the first Italian bar machine to control the flow of steam and water through coffee separately.” He describes Moriondo as “one of the first creators of the espresso machine” [4] . Unlike the more advanced espresso machines, it was a machine that prepared large quantities of coffee, without preparing a portion of coffee “specially” for each client, which is the basis of the philosophy of espresso.
Literature
- Bersten, Ian. Coffee Floats Tea Sinks: Through History and Technology to a Complete Understanding. - Helian Books, 1993 .-- ISBN 0-646-09180-8 .
Notes
- ↑ Stamp, Jimmy The Long History of the Espresso machine . Smithsonian.com . Smithsonian (June 19, 2012).
- ↑ Bersten, 1993 .
- ↑ Chiosco del caffè Ligure (Italian) (24 July 1884), p. 3.
- ↑ Bersten, 1993 , p. 105.