La Pavoni History continues
This system of obtaining the coffee and the
mechanics of the machines remained the same till the post-war
period, although it sometimes created a sour, "burnt" taste,
caused by the fact that - while brewing - steam (in addition to
water) was let through the coffee.
In 1948 a new system was introduced. Water was
taken from the boiler under pressure. It was then filtered through
the coffee by means of a piston pushed by a spring at ten bars
pressure; the coffee no longer had that burnt taste.
In 1948 La Pavoni manufactured its first machine
with horizontal boiler.
This project was conceived by Gio Ponti, Antonio Fornaroli and
Alberto Rosselli, whose cooperation gave birth to model 47
called "LA CORNUTA" ("The horn") because of its brewing
groups standing out from the cylindrical boiler body.
1956 saw the creation of the "Concorso"
series. This was a project developed by Bruno Munari and Enzo Mari,
where the body has a particular design; the modular geometrical
parts, put together, enable the building of machines with more than
one group, in which the stress is put on the colour matching.
In 1961 the so-called "Brewing" commercial
machine was introduced onto the market. Water from the
mains (rather than the boiler), after flowing through the water
softener, with the help of a pump at about 9 bars pressure, passes
through the exchanger pipes in the boiler. The temperature always
remains the same, water heats up and - through the brewing groups -
is directed onto the pressed coffee, obtaining one or two cups of
tasty and creamy coffee.
The cooperation between Alberto Rosselli and Angelo Tito Anselmi
gave life in 1961 to a model called
"BRASILIA". The side panels - the same for all models -
support the front panel, the dimensions of which vary according to
the number of groups.
In the same year, 1961, developing an idea by a
Milanese artisan, the first electrical machine for domestic
use was created. This machine could it to brew espresso
coffee and hot drinks, just like the way they were made in the
coffee bar. That machine was called "Europiccola".
In 1972 the company realised model "LP" which
improved the technical aspect and reliability without disturbing the
design.
In 1974, the "Europiccola" was coupled with the new
machine, the "Professional", whose boiler enabled
to obtain 16 coffees to be made consecutively. This model was
equipped with a manometer indicating the boiler pressure.