Coffee Trivia:Â Today’s Google doodle produced by Olivia When is a tribute to the inventor Angelo Moriondo on his 171st birthday. The google doodle displays a GIF of the earliest known espresso machine. In addition, the doodle has been painted with coffee.
There is nothing more ‘brewtiful’ in life for a coffee lover to have their version of coffee any time of the day. Even better, while sipping your favourite espresso, you can learn new facts about everything related to coffee.
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo was credited with patenting the first known espresso machine. Angelo Moriondo, born on June 6, 1851, in Turin, Italy, came from a family of entrepreneurs “who never ceased brewing new ideas or enterprises,” according to a Google note on the fantastic innovator.
Moriondo’s grandfather created a liquor manufacturing enterprise, which his father then oversaw. Moriondo and his brother and cousin also founded the well-known chocolate company “Moriondo and Gariglio.”
During the inventor’s lifetime, brewed espresso was at its pinnacle of popularity in Italy. But on the other hand, coffee drinkers were inconvenienced since they had to wait a long time for their beverage to brew. Moriondo’s espresso machine was awarded a bronze medal at the General Expo of Turin in 1884.
Moriondo’s equipment, which alleviated this beverage lovers’ problems, consisted of a giant boiler that pumped hot water through a bed of coffee grinds and a second boiler that produced steam to flash the bed of this beverage complete the brew. After being registered in Paris on October 23, 1885, the invention was verified by an international patent.
For caffeine enthusiasts, Moriondo’s invention changed the course of history. His espresso machine has made brewing coffee a breeze any day. Indeed, Google Doodle’s tribute to a genius named Moriondo shed light on a slew of inventors.
