Salvatore Malatesta & pioneering coffee

He’s a famed entrepreneur and ex-lawyer and is arguably responsible for pioneering the coffee culture in Melbourne, now he’s taking his Australian business worldwide. Gary Mehigan chats with Salvatore Malatesta, a huge character known around Melbourne as the ‘coffee king’ (although he prefers to go by ‘Sal’) about life, love and staying young. Sal opened his first café as a uni student in 1996 and now runs multiple cafes across Melbourne including Auction Rooms and St Ali’s.