COFFEE AT HOME,
JUST LIKE AT THE BAR

ORIGINS

Watching women do their laundry, Alfonso Bialetti observed the lisciveuse and the movement of water rising through it — then applied the same principle to coffee. The Moka Express was born in 1933.

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Simple and affordable, built for the home rather than the bar, the moka went on to reach nine out of ten Italian kitchens, becoming Bialetti’s defining icon — so much so that moka became synonymous with the caffettiera itself.

WHY THE MOKA EXPRESS

Venice M’Art chooses the objects that remain. Not every product a brand makes, but the one it comes to be known for. For Bialetti, that object is the Moka Express. 

Kept in its original eight-sided form and marked with Venice M’Art’s red and white stripes, it is available in the shop and served in the restaurant, where it arrives tableside alongside Venetian frittelle. Two icons, together on the Grand Canal.