There are coffee lovers, there are coffee addicts, and then there's Italian coffee icon Renato Bialetti.
Bialetti's ashes were placed inside a large coffee pot urn on Feb. 16. The choice to place his ashes in the coffee pot urn was made by his children as a way to honor his work and the family business.
Bialetti's father invented the Moka coffee maker in 1933, and Bialetti was largely responsible for it becoming a global success. The iconic design of the Moka has remained unchanged for 70 years.
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Bialetti was 93-years-old at the time of his death. His expertise in marketing the Moka fostered the sale of 300 million of the pots around the world, and led to the device being featured in the Museum of Modern Art.
Ristretto in peace, good sir.