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Angelo Moriondo (6 June 1851 – 31 May 1914) was an Italian inventor, who is usually credited with
Moriondo presented his invention at the General Expo of 
Moriondo never took the invention to industrial-scale production. He limited himself to the construction of a few hand-built machines, which he jealously conserved in his establishments, convinced that this was a significant advertisement for them.
Ian Bersten, a historian chronicling the history of coffee, describes the device as "the first Italian bar machine that controlled the supply of steam and water separately through the coffee" and Moriondo as "one of the earliest discoverers of the expresso machine."
Unlike later espresso machines, it was a bulk brewer and did not brew coffee for the individual customer.
patent
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ing the earliest known espresso machine
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, in 1884. His machine used a combination of steam and boiling water to efficiently brew coffee
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Early life
Moriondo came from an entrepreneurial family. His grandfather founded a liqueur producing company that was continued by his father Giacomo, who later founded the chocolate company Moriondo and Gariglio, along with his brother Agostino and cousin Gariglio. Angelo purchased the ''Grand-Hotel Ligure'' in the city-centre '' Piazza Carlo Felice'' and the ''American Bar'' in the ''Galleria Nazionale'' of Via Roma.First espresso machine
Moriondo presented his invention at the General Expo of Turin
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in 1884, where it was awarded the bronze medal. The patent was awarded for a period of six years on 16 May 1884 under the title of "New steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage, method ‘A. Moriondo’." The machine was built by a mechanic named Martina, working under the direct supervision of the inventor.
It was successively updated with a patent on 20 November 1884, Vol 34, No, 381. The invention was then confirmed by international patent application after being registered in Paris
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on 23 October 1885. In the following years, Moriondo continued to improve his invention drastically, each improvement being patented.
Moriondo never took the invention to industrial-scale production. He limited himself to the construction of a few hand-built machines, which he jealously conserved in his establishments, convinced that this was a significant advertisement for them.
Ian Bersten, a historian chronicling the history of coffee, describes the device as "the first Italian bar machine that controlled the supply of steam and water separately through the coffee" and Moriondo as "one of the earliest discoverers of the expresso machine."
Unlike later espresso machines, it was a bulk brewer and did not brew coffee for the individual customer.
Legacy
On 6 June 2022, search engineGoogle
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commemorated Moriondo with a Doodle
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on his 171st birthday.
References
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