1. Alex Caldwell & Riley McDowell IED 1B
The Coffee Maker
Alex Caldwell & Riley McDowell
IED 1B

2. Timeline First Coffee Percolator First automatic coffee maker
First cup of coffee
Biggins Coffee Maker
First Drip coffee pot AD
1780’s
1800
1818
1972

3. Various Improvements towards modern day machines

4. When Was it Invented The coffee pots left the grounds in coffee
Original Turkish coffee pots (Ibrik) AD
The story says that Arab traders noticed that their goats acted strange when they ate the coffee beans. The traders were disgusted when they tried the beans and threw them in the fire. They liked the aroma and then placed the cooked beans in hot water making the first cup of coffee.
The coffee pots left the grounds in coffee
The Mr.Biggins coffee pot was the first to filter out the grounds 1780’s

5. What Need is Addressed
The Mr. Biggins coffee pot filtered out the grounds
Coffee is a good source of energy
The “Biggin pot” made better coffee and popularized it

6. Who Invented the Coffee Pot
The original coffee pots were made by Arab Traders (Irbik)
The first filtered coffee maker was first made in France (Biggins)
Mr.Laurens of Paris made first coffee percolator

7. Patents One of first coffee pot patents First automatic coffee maker
US A William Racer July 10, 1888
First automatic coffee maker
US A Mr. Coffee Sept. 26, 1972
First drip coffee pot patent
US A
Dural P. Goldsmith and Benjamin F. Martyn 1899

8. Originally Used Materials
Turkish coffee pots were simple copper pots
The first coffee makers were made of aluminum

9. How was the Coffee Maker Originally made?
The original coffee maker was made of aluminum
Only made coffee
You could only make the coffee on the stove unlike today.

10. How has it improved? Improvements to the coffee maker were simple
A timer was added
More cups were able to be made in one pot
Automatic Keurig coffee makers brew almost instantly

11. Why were these improvements made?
To make it easier & faster to brew coffee
to make coffee brewing more efficient
To have a better appearance
To make people want to buy it

12. Who uses the coffee maker
Anyone who enjoys coffee
Homeowners who want to make coffee at home instead of buying it
Coffee ships use it to make their coffee

13. Global impact in society?
Less paper being used for filters
More efficient so that we can make coffee easier at home
People find it easier to wake up and work

14. How Would You Change it?
We would increase the brewing speed of modern day machines
We would make the machine automatically turn on and start brewing coffee for when you wake up

15. Sources
Swaby, R. (2011, November 10). Coffee makers: A brief history of their necessary evil. Retrieved from coffee-makers-turning-good-beans-bad
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Durand, F. (2008, January 31). Coffee methods: The turkish ibrik. Retrieved from ibr-41710
Google patents . (n.d.). Retrieved from