The (All about coffee) thread along with the Wiki chronology got me thinking about the first time I experienced espresso coffee.
I can pin it down pretty well +/- about a year, it was 1957 and I was 15, Went to a coffee lounge (thats what they were called then) in Adelaide (The Festive Bowl) after a club meeting, an older friend bought me a cappuccino and I was hooked, have spent the the following 53 years in pursuit of the perfect cup, and Im still looking.
And of course this means that approx 10 years after Gaggia developed his modification at least one commercial espresso machine was being used in Adelaide.
I know, Ive given my age away, but I can assure you age is no barrier to the enjoyment of good coffee.
I can pin it down pretty well +/- about a year, it was 1957 and I was 15, Went to a coffee lounge (thats what they were called then) in Adelaide (The Festive Bowl) after a club meeting, an older friend bought me a cappuccino and I was hooked, have spent the the following 53 years in pursuit of the perfect cup, and Im still looking.
And of course this means that approx 10 years after Gaggia developed his modification at least one commercial espresso machine was being used in Adelaide.
I know, Ive given my age away, but I can assure you age is no barrier to the enjoyment of good coffee.

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