Coffee Maker History

By GamingGumba
  • Jan 1, 1500

    First To Coffee

    First To Coffee
    The Arabs were the first to plant and harvest coffee. Not only did they grow it they also traded the coffee to many other contries. (15 century)

  • Coffee Enters Italy

    Coffee Enters Italy
    Coffee enters Europe through the port of Venice.

  • First Coffee Shop Opens

    First Coffee Shop Opens
    Coffee enters Europe through the port of Venice.

  • Drip coffe maker

    Drip coffe maker
    In order to make coffe in the liquid form you had to boil the caffinatedessencof the coffe beancherries and filter the grit out.

  • First Coffee Maker

    First Coffee Maker
    The first coffee machine was made in 1818 by Mr Laurens of Paris, France.
    His machine was a percolator type coffee machine.
    His percolator consisted of a metal pot with a chamber at the bottom which is placed on the heat. A vertical pipe extends from the chamber to the percolators top.
    Just below the top of this pipe is a perforated chamber.
    The water when heated rose up the pipe and infused the coffee above.

  • First Espresso

    First Espresso
    The first Italian coffee machine dates back to 1901 when an engineer, Luigi Bezzera registered his patent in Milan.
    This machine had a column shaped body made from copper and brass and had a very imposing presence.
    Bezzera’s design became the standard for decades and is still being made by companies today for business looking for a more traditional style machine.

  • Achilles Gaggia Patened Modern Day Automatic Espresso Machine

    Achilles Gaggia Patened Modern Day Automatic Espresso Machine
    Dr Ernest Illy invented the first automatic espresso machine in 1833. Today’s modern espresso machine was invented by Achilles Gaggia in 1946.
    On the 5th of September 1938 Achilles Gaggia filed patent no. 365726 and the modern steam-free coffee machine had arrived.

  • First Keurig desighed maded

    First Keurig desighed maded
    The Keurig was desight from the question of "why make a whole pot of coffee when everyone can make there own one cup at a time"? Therefore the Keurig was born.