dec 29, 1953 - Gottlob Widmann made the first mechanical drip coffee maker named the wigomat. it regulated the temperature of the coffee, which was too often overbrewed, and also revolutionized a new way and efficency to coffee.
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dec 29, 1953
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~ 71 years ago