Italy’s “coffee king” finds appropriate final resting place, in pot he made famous

[Who needs an urn when you’ve got a coffee pot?/Quartz]

Renato Bialetti died this week, and his children have chosen to honour him in a way they’ll never forget.

Bialetti, famous for popularizing the octagonal Moka coffee pot, has had his ashes laid to rest in one of those same pots to symbolize his family’s legacy, according to United Press International.

The container is the brainchild of his father, Alfonso, whose company the younger Bialetti took control of in 1947.

Bialetti spent his life campaigning to make the pot, which initially only had a run of 70,000 units, a staple in Italian homes, UPI reports. This led to a surge in sales of nearly 330 million worldwide, according to World Coffee Press.

Bialetti – and his pot — now rests in his family tomb next to his wife Elia.