by Maria Gloria

December, the month we celebrate Christmas, exchange presents with our friends and wish all "Buon Natale," I got to thinking that some people, by their efforts, wind up enriching an entire community or in the case of Carlo DiRuocco, the entire West Coast and beyond with their gift of espresso.

No, Signor DiRuocco did not invent espresso but nearly four decades ago, he did import some of the first Italian jumbo commercial espresso machines to Northern California. He personally serviced the machines, helped blend the perfect coffee bean roast and "uno alla volta" personally tutored "ristorante and caffè owners in the Bay Area, our state and beyond about Espresso.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano