Angelo Moriondo

Who was Angelo Moriondo?

Angelo Moriondo was one of the most important 19th Century contributors to the development of the espresso coffee machine

Angelo Moriondo came from an entrepreneurial family. He later expanded his business activities, buying the Grand-Hotel Ligure in the city-centre Piazza Carlo Felice and the American Bar in the Galleria Nazionale of Via Roma. It was really this hotel and food business which triggered the impulse and then the idea of designing a machine to produce “instant coffee” in order to satisfy his demanding and ever-in-a-hurry customers.