Coffeehouses as Fashion Boutiques; Selling Cachet by the Cup

cmicdf.org — TRIESTE, Italy - It was Andrea Illy's grandfather, Francesco Illy, who back in the 1930s invented the espresso, a steam-driven coffee maker to replace the little pots Italians used until then. Skip to next paragraph Filip Horvat for The New York Times Andrea Illy is head of his family’s coffee company in Italy.