Angelo Moriondo

Angelo Moriondo 171st Birthday: Google Blog regarding the same read that Moriondo presented his espresso machine at General Expo of Turin in 1884 where it ...

It further read that Moriondo presented his espresso machine at General Expo of Turin in 1884 where it was awarded a bronze medal. Google Blog regarding the same read, “Despite coffee’s popularity in Italy, the time spent making multiple cups of coffee to brew inconvenienced customers. He was born to a family of entrepreneurs on June 6, 1851, in Italy’s Turin. Moriondo’s grandfather founded a liquor production company, which was passed down to Angelo’s father.

Monday's Google Doodle is a tribute to Italian inventor Angelo Moriondo on his 171st birthday.

"Despite coffee's popularity in Italy, the time spent waiting for coffee to brew inconvenienced customers. "Following in his family's footsteps, Moriondo purchased two establishments: the Grand-Hotel Ligure in the city-center Piazza Carlo Felice and the American Bar in the Galleria Nazionale of Via Roma," Google noted. Moriondo was born in 1851 into a family of entrepreneurs in Turin.

Up to the 19th century Italians had to wait a long time for their coffee fix until Moriondo came up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

There were never any "Moriondo" machines and no verifiable machines that he used are still in existence, Smithsonian magazine reported. The magazine added that there aren't even any photographs of Moriondo's invention. To solve this problem, Moriondo came up with an idea that allowed coffee makers to make multiple cups at once.

Using steam and boiling water to quickly brew the coffee, Moriondo's invention is the precursor to the modern espresso machine as we know it, and his invention ...

Born on this day, June 6th, in 1851 in Turin, Italy, Moriondo is credited with patenting the first espresso machine all the way back in 1884. In the brown-hued set of three images, you can see the espresso machine going from prototype sketch to first incarnation to finally something more reminiscent of the modern espresso machine you would see today. (Unless you are some sort of sociopath that still Asks Jeeves.) And if you went to the world’s most popular search engine today, you’d be greeted with something quite familiar if a tad antiquated.

But brewing espresso is a relatively new invention. In 1885, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy patented the first machine that used steam pressure to brew beans.

But perfecting the art of the brew is not an easy task – hence why the barista is also an essential part of the espresso-making process. Espresso beans are the same as coffee beans, but espresso machines use an extremely fine grind to ensure that water passes through the grounds evenly. In 1885, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy patented the first machine that used steam pressure to brew beans.