"Coffee for us is like our mother"

Giorgio Angele

Giorgio Angele Source: Brunetti

From the Roman Dolce Vita to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the story of one of Australia's cult cafes.


We celebrated the International Coffee Day on Monday (October 1st) with Giorgio Angele, the patriarch of one of Australia's iconic coffee bars, Brunetti in Melbourne. Mr Angele started making coffee at the age of 10 in Rome, where his uncle had a bar in the heart of the capital city, in Via di Santa Chiara near Piazza Navona.
Mr Angele never stopped being passionate about the Italian culture, as he told us "He goes to sleep in Australia, but his heart goes back to Rome". Today Mr Angele is 85, he starts working at 5:30 in the morning and has the same enjoyment as when he was a boy.

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