Alfonso Bialetti
In 1888, Alfonso Bialetti was born in the northern Italian town of Omegna. Since childhood, Bialetti had a passion for coffee and ironwork. He developed into a true expert in the French aluminium industry. In 1919, he opened a metal and machine workshop in Crusinallo, which formed the basis for the Bialetti company as we know it today.
The workshop transformed into a design studio in which Bialetti designed the aluminium Moka Expres Percolator in 1933. He was the first with such a design and changed the world of coffee. The Moka Percolator has now been exactly the same for almost 70 years since its introduction and it has become a true classic for any coffee lover.
