-An article by Poojan Patel
In the quaint streets of late 19th-century Turin, where the aroma of slow-brewed coffee wafted through the air, an inventor named Angelo Moriondo embarked on a quest for caffeinated efficiency. Little did he know that his pursuit would birth a cultural phenomenon that would echo through the ages—espresso.
Moriondo's ingenuity manifested in 1884 when he unveiled a steam-driven coffee machine, a contraption that defied tradition and birthed the essence of espr