Ernesto Illy Facts
Ernesto Illy Facts
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| Ernesto Illy was born in Trieste, Italy and was the son of the Hungarian-Italian chocolate maker, Francesco Illy. |
| In 1933 Francesco Illy invented the Illeta or modern espresso maker that made consistently excellent coffee. |
| He also invented the pressurization method of preserving coffee. |
| Ernesto Illy left to study chemistry at the University of Bologna in 1947 and he immediately joined the family's espresso company after his graduation in 1956. |
| His passion for coffee led him to create the first ever laboratory for the scientific study of coffee at the Illy company. |
| In an interview near the end of his life, Illy stated that his greatest contribution to coffee was to apply scientific principles to its manufacture. |
| His laboratory experiments resulted in a high-tech coffee manufacturing process which specialized in the production of espresso. |
| He became chairman of Illy S.p.A in1963 and ran the company until 2004. |
| In 1974 the company invented the first ever coffee pod. |
| Called the E.S.E or Easy Serving Espresso, the pod gained wide popularity. For its consistently good results. |
| In 1988 the Illy put in an exclusive, patented computer system to scan every bean for quality and eliminate those that don't meet the company standards. |
| His research led him to conclude that drinking coffee had many health benefits. |
| Illy receive many awards and much recognition for his work with coffee including Cavaliere del Lavoro ( Knight of Industry) in 1994 and Honorary Citizenship of Brazil in 2002. |
| He served as Chairman of the Promotion Committee of the International Coffee Organization in 2002 and was awarded several honorary doctorates and Master's degrees. |
| He and his wife Anna Rossi had three sons and one daughter all of whom work for the Illy company. |
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