The best part of waking up... well, besides the whole "I'm in space" part, astronauts can now say it's their morning cup of Joe. Astronauts on the International Space Station will soon be waking up to real honest-to-goodness Italian espresso, according to ABC News.

Sure, astronauts have pouches of instant coffee to drink with their floating bits of cake, but who wants instant when you're used to a nice Italian roast? Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti "will be not only the first female astronaut from Italy to go into space, but also the very first astronaut in the history of the conquest of space to savor an authentic Italian espresso in orbit," the two companies that created the machine said in a statement*, according to Luxemburger Wort.

ISSpresso is an espresso machine engineered and designed by space food maker Argotec and coffee roaster Lavazza, according to The Telegraph. "We have been thinking about taking the espresso into space for some time...In fact, today we are in a position to overcome the limits of weightlessness and enjoy a good espresso - the indisputable symbol of made in Italy products," said the Giuseppe Lavazza, vice-president of Lavazza in a press release, according to ABC News.

The device uses capsules and is designed to withstand pressures up to 400 bar (that's a lot), according to Huffington Post. The machine takes into consideration the danger of having coffee grinds floating in the air (which is why astronauts don't eat crumbly bread - only tortilla). The ISSpresso design had to uphold the regulations of both the Italian Space Agency and NASA.

"The fluid dynamic in a microgravity environment is different from the one observed on Earth," Antonio Pilello, a spokesperson for Argotec told ABC News in an email. "Since you are weightless in orbit, there is no up, down, left nor right. For this reason we designed our system to be capable of making coffees without being affected by gravity."

The ISSpresso isn't a one-trick zero-gravity pony; the machine can make caffe lungo (an espresso made with a longer brew time and more water), tea, infusions and broth.

*Most reports have indicated that the espresso maker is to travel with Cristoforetti, but ABC News reports that the machine's travel date has been postponed. Cristoforetti had a Tweet on her account about her excitement over having good coffee while in space, but the Tweet has since been removed. HNGN has a request out to Cristoforetti and ESA for clarification.