What Happened to Coffee in America?
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What Happened to Coffee in America?
The Faema Company introduces a very revolutionary machine, the E61 – the first heat exchanger, rotary pump driven espresso machine in 1960. This was the first of many ‘firsts’ that are still commonly found in updating most espresso machines today; but, more about that later.
The Mellitta Bentz Company, in 1960, began creating subsidiaries in Europe, Canada and in Cherry Hill, PA in 1963. This company developed paper coffee filters in 1936 and began selling their patented conical fast-drip filters in the U.S. for pubs and restaurants. Since the company was in Germany, filter paper production was suspended until 1947. Testing later proved that their filters did and still do create a healthier cup of coffee; since then modifications have continued to improved the filters even more. The Raparlier coffee maker featured a filter made of hemp. This style of Hydropneumatic coffee maker was used as late as the 1960′s. Founded in 1957, Bunn-O-Matic Corporation introduced the first paper coffee filter made in America and in 1963 they introduced the first ‘pourover’ coffee maker for commercial purposes. Next week? You guessed it; more about coffee and coffee makers in the 1970s.