Birth Anniversary: Alfonso Bialetti — June 17, 1888
Alfonso Bialetti (Omegna, 17 June 1888 – 5 March 1970), after ten years in the aluminium industry in France, opened a workshop of his own at Crusinallo, in Piedmont. In 1933 he invented the Moka Express: the octagonal aluminium coffee pot with a bakelite handle that brought espresso into Italian homes. Almost unchanged since, it is an icon of Italian design. Anniversary documented by Cultural Heritage Online.
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