In 2013, Italian astronaut Luca Parmintano was on board the International Space Station and reportedly said that the only food he missed on Earth was espresso coffee.
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Now, Argotec, an Aerospace company based in Turin, Italy, has teamed up with Italian coffee company Lavazza to create a machine to make espresso on board the Space Station.
The machine, which is called ISSpresso, is about the size of a microwave and works when water from a pouch and a capsule filled with coffee is placed inside of it and the astronauts hit a button that says “Brew.” Coffee is then dispensed a small pouch.
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According to David Avino, Argotec’s managing director, the company is also trying to develop small espresso cups that will work at zero-G’s to get the full at-home coffee drinking experience.
