ITALIAN CULTURE: the moka, the original espresso machine!
Nice article in the L'Italo-Americano paper on the Moka and its creator Alfonso Bialetti and an exhibition in Rome dedicated to both:
"One of the most iconic images of coffee in Italy is the so-called “macchinetta”, literally “little machine”, or “caffettiera”. This is the famous aluminum stove-top percolator that you can find in every Italian kitchen: the Moka Express coffeemaker. It was first elegantly designed and produced by the engineer Alfonso Bialetti in 1933. Since then the coffee pot has became a style icon and source of nostalgia and affection for many Italians. In fact, in socio-economic terms, it was the invention of the Moka Express that brought espresso from the coffeehouse and coffee bar to the home."
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