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All-Red Bialetti Stovetop Espresso Maker (Italy)

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Here we have the bright red Bialetti Moka pot. It is a brilliant Italian tool for people who actually like the taste of coffee, instead of those who prefer a half-liter of warm, milky water from a drive-through window of a big restaurant chain.

Bialetti’s functionality is completely logical. It sits on your stove, boils the water, and creates proper pressure to extract the actual soul of the coffee bean. The red paint makes it look modern, though the clever engineering inside has not needed to change for nearly a century.

Alfonso Bialetti invented this in 1933, completely changing how Europeans wake up. The famous little man with the mustache printed on the side is actually a caricature of Alfonso’s son, Renato, who later ran the company with much success.

This iconic, all-red Bialetti Espresso Maker is on Amazon, as well.

Did you know?

A Swiss man named Daniel Peter put milk in chocolate in 1875. Before this, it was just dark and bitter. Now we have the perfect snack for hiking in the mountains or just sitting on the sofa. Very good for the soul!