A large percentage of the population loves to drink both gourmet coffee and espresso drinks. We are all aware of the fact that coffee and espresso provide a boost of energy and they also warm your body up on those cold winter days. Most, however, are not familiar with the history of the coffee and the espresso machine, themselves. Without these machines, we probably wouldn’t see such a large population that can easily and affordably prepare these common drinks.

In 1822, the first espresso machine was made in France. In 1933, Dr. Ernest Illyinvented the first automatic espresso machine. However, the modern-day espresso machine was created by Italian Achilles Gaggia in 1946. Gaggia invented a high pressure espresso machine by using a spring powered lever system. The first pump driven espresso machine was produced in 1960 by the Faema company.