How much do we know about the history of the apparatus used to brew coffee in the last 220 years? How and where ideas have been developed to improve quality of coffee? What was the evolution of materials and why in Italy Moka Bialetti has become “the coffee maker par excellence”? Are we really sure that the moka is the only coffee maker produced by the Bialetti family? Is it possible to brew high-quality coffee with Moka?

Lucio Del Piccolo will accompany you on a fascinating and mysterious historical journey, ranging from metallurgy to design, from the discovery of the most unusual patents to hidden touching family stories.

Program of the meeting:

• Methods of coffee brewing and their origins in history
• History of the Moka Express and the Bialetti family.
• History of the Officine Meccaniche Gozzano (Fratelli Bialetti)
• History of the Atomic of Giordano Robbiati
• Use and maintenance of Moka – advanced techniques for use with single origin coffees.

Lucio Del Piccolo has been studying and collecting home coffee machines for almost 20 years. His private collection has more than 500 different coffee makers.

He collaborated in the writing of the book “Coffee Makers” (760 pages). Publish since 2008 a blog (http://caffettiere.blogspot.it/) with over 1000 posts.