--- description: Renato Bialetti famous for the design of the Moka pot is buried in replica of the espresso maker. title: Coffee Legend's Ashes Kept in Replica of Espresso Maker image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d3a9e214649b5/69887e4e0a4a2210929c8744/espresso-maker-ashes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Coffee Legend's Ashes Kept in Replica of Espresso Maker  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 4:22 PM CUT  Danilo Donadio—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 19, 2016 4:22 PM CUT The ashes of Italian businessman Renato Bialetti, who died last week at 93 in Switzerland, were placed in a replica of the Moka pot espresso maker that his father Alfonso invented in 1933, per his wishes, the Associated Press [reports](http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Italy-Bialetti-Moka-Funeral/4344bcee33224f0fb163c9d364d28281/6/0 "undefined"). This Feb. 16 photo shows a scene from the burial service at the church of Casale Corte Cerro in the northern Italian village of Montebuglio where he was born. Bialetti is credited with successfully marketing the brand worldwide with the image of the mustachioed man that appears on the pots. _La Stampa_ posted a [video version](https://www.lastampa.it/2016/02/16/edizioni/verbania/cronaca/le-ceneri-di-renato-bialetti-nella-sua-moka-coi-baffi-qw2ZXnd0hrqoW1HHDGx3oM/pagina.html "undefined") of the mass. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4230439/coffee-legends-ashes-kept-in-replica-of-espresso-maker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4230439/coffee-legends-ashes-kept-in-replica-of-espresso-maker/"},"headline":"Coffee Legend's Ashes Kept in Replica of Espresso Maker","datePublished":"2016-02-19T16:22:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:16.640Z","description":"Renato Bialetti is credited for making the Moka Pot famous worldwide","url":"https://time.com/4230439/coffee-legends-ashes-kept-in-replica-of-espresso-maker/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d3a9e214649b5/69887e4e0a4a2210929c8744/espresso-maker-ashes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d3a9e214649b5/69887e4e0a4a2210929c8744/espresso-maker-ashes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ESPRESSO-maker-ashes","caption":"","creditText":"Danilo Donadio—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4230439/coffee-legends-ashes-kept-in-replica-of-espresso-maker/","name":"Coffee Legend's Ashes Kept in Replica of Espresso Maker"}}]}] ```