Angelo Moriondo was born on June 6, 1851, in Turin, Italy to a family of entrepreneurs
Angelo's Grandfather founded a liquor production company that was passed down to his son (Angelo’s father), who himself would later build the popular chocolate company, “Moriondo and Gariglio" alongside his brother and cousin.
Once upon a time, in 19th century Italy, coffee was the hottest item around, according to Google Doodle's page.
Following in his family’s footsteps, Moriondo purchased two establishments: the Grand-Hotel Ligure in the city-center Piazza Carlo Felice and the American Bar in the Galleria Nazionale of Via Roma.
Despite coffee’s popularity in Italy, the time spent waiting for coffee to brew inconvenienced customers.
Moriondo figured that making multiple cups of coffee at once would allow him to serve more customers at a faster pace, giving him an edge over his competitors.
The machine consisted of a large boiler that pushed heated water through a bed of coffee grounds, with a second boiler producing steam that would flash the bed of coffee and complete the brew.
He received a patent titled,"New steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage, method ‘A. Moriondo’."
Moriondo continued to improve and patent his invention in the following years.