La Cimbali - A History of Coffee
La Cimbali has over 100 years of coffee making experience grinded into every machine.
Established in 1912 by Giuseppe Cimbali in Milan, the first shop “Cimbali Giuseppe — Copper Plumbing & General Repairs”, specialized in the manufacture of copper goods. Little did Giuseppe know then that his small company would grow to be the market leader in ground breaking development and production of the worlds finest coffee machines.
Some Notable Facts:
- 1930s, Cimbali’s first column machine was called the “Rapida”.
- In 1945, Cimbali’s “Albadoro” model was the first machine to feature an integrated cup warmer.
- The late 1940s and early 1950s saw lever machines radically changed the way of extracting coffee ultimately obtaining the crema caffé.
- In 1955, the company introduced the “Granluce”, the first coffee machine to feature a hydraulic group.
- Patented by Cimbali in 1956, the hydraulic group signaled a transformation within the professional espresso machine industry.
- 1959 saw the arrival of a model with the application of a heat exchanger, which was later to become an essential constructional element, ensuring the thermal balance of the machine.
- In 1962, Cimbali created a product of extraordinary modern design: the “Pitagora”. The “Pitagora” abandoned the redundant shapes typical of the machines of the period and adopted essential, clean lines. The result was revolutionary, gaining Cimbali a prestigious industrial design award, the Compasso d’Oro.
- Designed in 1969 for the foodservice industry, Cimbali’s “Superbar” was cut-ting edge for completely automated solutions. At the beginning of the 1970s, product design became characterized by an approach which was more closely linked to an industrial process.
- In the 1990s, Cimbali integrated a microprocessor to the “Dosatron” in order to better govern the main functions of the machine.
- In 1992, Cimbali introduced the “Dolcevita”, a family of fully-automatic es-presso machines targeting in-cup consistency and beverage quality.
- In 1995, Cimbali purchased its leading Italian competitor, Faema. Aware of this continuing evolution, today as ever, Cimbali keeps focusing on technological innovation to satisfy local market demands. Cimbali equipment is able to deliver an excellent coffee experience wherever you are around the globe, from a small ristretto to a 20 fl oz steaming cappuccino.
Guiseppe Would Be Proud!
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