A New Spin On Coffee Brewing

By Quincy M. Gibbs
Staff Writer

March 26, 2003

Joseph Mangiapane of Oakdale was on his way to work as a newspaper delivery man a few years ago when he stopped into a convenience store on his way to work to get a cup of coffee.

"I walked over to the coffee aisle and looked at the coffee sitting there on the heater and I asked one of the managers if he can make me a fresh pot of coffee and he said, "No." Mangiapane said he walked out thinking, "We can put people on the moon and I can't get fresh cup of coffee?"

Mangiapane, now 64 and retired, decided to put a new spin on the idea, and after three months came up with the idea for "Dial-A-Cup," which he patented last year.

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