Samantha Cristoforetti became the first Italian woman in space to sip a cuppa that was designed for use in zero-gravity. She posted a selfie on Twitter.
![Coffee Hits International Space Station as Italian Astronaut Brews Her First Espresso Coffee Hits International Space Station as Italian Astronaut Brews Her First Espresso](https://images.medindia.net/health-images/1200_1000/coffee-2.jpg)
For the occasion, she put on her Star Trek uniform top and tweeted: "Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. Fresh espresso in the new zero-G cup! To boldly brew ..."
The Italian coffee manufacturer Lavazza, which teamed up with the engineering firm Argotec on the space espresso project with the Italian Space Agency, tweeted "Today the International Space Station feels a little more like home."
The espresso maker uses capsules of espresso coffee. Fifteen were flown up with the machine in a SpaceX cargo carrier, as well as five capsules for flushing out the system. More coffee capsules are available for launch if requested by the six-person crew.
Source-ANI