The family tree of mocha

The mocha for making coffee has been used for centuries, so it is possible to trace its family tree .... Starting with theTurkish Ibrik, a small brass vessel with a long, narrow handle, it progressed to the Baghdad kettle that had great influence on the style of European coffee makers. Later, the copper cuccuma infusion method took hold, soon, however, supplanted by the progenitor of the "Neapolitan," where the lower section (the kettle) and the upper section (the pot) were joined by bayonet: when the water boiled, the entire pot had to be turned upside down.
As time went on there were other inventions that took advantage of steam and electricity and then came the "milanese," which had a lower vessel containing water and an upper one for coffee separated by a filter. The decisive breakthrough in this field came with the Moka Espress (1933, Bialetti): simple to use, safe to operate, and sold from Italy and the rest of the world.