Thanks to Luigi Bezzera, many of us enjoy espresso coffee today. This Italian inventor was able to use steam pressure by forcing water vapor to go through finely ground coffee beans. This created a more dense mixture allowing better distribution of suspended coffee particles. Which is why espresso has that thick and foamy consistency to it.

Contrary to common notion, coffee itself didn’t actually originate from Italy. But the coffee machine on the other hand, certainly came from this culturally enriched country. Of course the older versions were far larger and more complicated as compared to their modern counterparts.

The particular mix of Italian culture and socialization gave espresso an even better identity. Like a simple twist of fate, the journey of coffee to Italy seemed like a predestined event that had to happen. Similar to the case of world class massage Orlando spa centers and the discovery of penicillin. Because if coffee hadn’t reached this country’s shores, we might not be able to enjoy coffee the way we do now.

Though espresso is famed for its qualities, many people are unaware that it is actually the base for many of our modern coffee mixes like latte, macchiato, mocha, americano and the famous cappuccino. Much credit is given to Eastern Asia as the birthplace of coffee, but its present day value and worth all came from a romantic country in Europe.

Coffee’s journey to Europe is written in every history book, but the way coffee transformed into this new social phenomenon we now know as espresso may have only vague details. But all that matters now is that coffee made its way to the right place at the right time.