Electrifying Espresso

Glancing through the April 2011 issue of Unfiltered, the magazine of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, I noticed in a photo some kind of machine with the trade name Elektra. Curious to find out both what the machine was and why it had that name, I started a quick search online, but could find nothing having to do with bottling or distilling. In a second perusal of the photo, I noticed coffee cups on top of the machine and the word ITALY above the Elektra logo, so I correctly deduced an espresso machine. Here you can find the history not only of the Elektra espresso machines but also of the Treviso area in Italy where the company began. In mythology Elektra was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; she helps her brother Orestes bring about the death of both their mother and her lover, Aigisthus.