Know illy Coffee: Passion For Excellence

Among some well-known coffee brands, bloggers prefer European coffee brands, among which illy coffee is most admired and appreciated by bloggers because of its cultural, intellectual, scientific and artistic culture and a sense of family mission with a history.

When a seemingly ordinary thing is interpreted into a perfection, it is endowed with a soul.

Italy's national treasure illy coffee, founded in 1933, has been in pursuit of excellence. After more than 70 years of efforts of three generations, it has finally become a model of Italian coffee.

Francesco Illy (1892-1956), the founder of illy Coffee, was himself an inventor and reformer. In 1935, Mr. Illy created the first automatic espresso coffee machine, "illetta", which replaced steam with compressed air. After World War II, the company was run by his son Dr. Ernesto Illy, who set up a research laboratory in the company with a doctorate in chemistry, and later gave birth to many unique inventions and patents.

Espresso coffee machine "illetta"

Dr Ernesto Illy (1925-2008), who studied chemistry, took over after the death of old Mr. Illy in 1956, who had an Einstein-like heavyweight position in coffee science. From the research and development of planting and improvement of coffee trees, harvesting process, quality screening, blending and baking, production and packaging, coffee extraction, to the study of caffeine and human health. . Various contributions are too numerous to let the world know the profound details of espresso. He has a passion for coffee, spreads the philosophy of low quality coffee in Italy, and is the first coffee industry to bring espresso to the United States. People nicknamed him "the leading corporate thinker", "Papa bean the father of coffee beans" and "espresso evangelist". He invented the innovative "inert gas fresh-keeping technology" (Inert Gas Pressurization) to replace the traditional "vacuum preservation", which can keep the coffee mellow intact for up to three years. Since then, Italian coffee beans have been able to lead a trend of Italian coffee in the world.

Dr. Ernesto Illy (1925-2008)

In April 1997, Dr. Ernesto Illy was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Professional Coffee Association (Specialty Coffee Association of American,SCAA). Since April 2002, he has served as the convener (Chairman of the Promotion Committee) of the promotion committee of the international coffee organization ICO (International Coffee Organization), which shows his remarkable achievements in the coffee industry.

Dr. Ernesto Illy and his family

Among the children of Dr. Ernesto Illy, Anrea Illy, also a chemical engineer, became president of Yili Coffee Company in 2008. The coffee factor in his DNA enabled him to devote himself to the innovative revolution of coffee extraction, developing a single cup coffee bag (E.S.E. Pod:easy serving espresso pod), coffee capsule (iperespresso) and a series of modern household coffee machines (FrancisFrancis X series) to bring high-quality coffee to the family.

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