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		paldepind2 on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The humble brilliance of Italy's moka coffee pot (... It was the inventor's son, and not the inventor himself who was buried in a large moka pot. It's written in the article.

toyg on Jan 23, 2024 [–]

Not even that - it was the son of the first seller of the pot. His father bought the invention from another guy, and he made it popular.

> Luigi di Ponti designed the appliance in 1933 and sold the patent to Renato’s father Alfonso Bialetti, an aluminum vendor.

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