In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
STANLEY
Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands
(noun) Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
Stanley, Francis Edgar Stanley
(noun) United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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