Angelo Moriondo [SEP] place of death
Angelo Moriondo
Angelo Moriondo (Turin, 6 June 1851 – Marentino (Turin), 31 May 1914) is the inventor who patented the earliest known espresso machine, in 1884.
Angelo Moriondo came from an entrepreneurial family. His grandfather founded a liqueur producing company that was continued by his father Giacomo, who later founded the well-known chocolate company "Moriondo and Gariglio" along with his brother Agostino and cousin Gariglio. Angelo purchased the "Grand-Hotel Ligure" in the city-centre "Piazza Carlo Felice
by Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, who demonstrated a working example at the Turin General Exposition of 1884. He was granted patent no. 33/256 dated 16 May 1884 (according to the "Bollettino delle privative industriali del Regno d'Italia", 2nd Series, Volume 15, Year 1884, pages 635 – 655). A certificate of industrial title was awarded to Mr. Moriondo Angelo, of Turin, for an invention called "New steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage, method 'A. Moriondo',