Scuro Caffe Pty Ltd
 

Phone Number:                 0412 156 042

Fax Number:                   (02) 8209 4963

Email Address:         info@scuro.com.au

Website:                   www.scuro.com.au

· The first Espresso machine was made in France in 1822.

· The first Automatic Espresso machine was invented in 1933 by Dr Ernest Illy.

· The modern Espresso machine was created by Achilles Gaggia in 1946.

· The first pump driven Espresso machine was produced by Faema in 1960.

· Robusta beans have 2 to 3 times the caffeine content of Arabica beans.

· The first European coffeehouse opened in Venice in 1683, with the most famous, Caffe Florian in Piazza San Marco, opening in 1720. It is still open for business today.

· The largest insurance market in the world, Lloyd's of London, began life as a coffee house. It was started in 1688 by Edward Lloyd, who prepared lists of the ships that his customers had insured.

· Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world – only behind oil.

· The Top 6 Coffee producing Countries (Arabica and/or Robusta) are: Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico and Ethiopia