Good Coffee Festival
Venue Profiles
Profiles of festival participants
Georgi Gagov and the Quiet Work of Roasting Well
Somewhere in Sofia, a roaster drum turns at 7:30 in the morning. Georgi Gagov has been listening to this sound for 27 years, building Aroma Coffee into proof that consistency and craft outlast trends. This is the quiet work of roasting well.
6 min read
Cacao Roasted Slow, Served Warm
In central Sofia, Flow Cacao Roasters treats cacao beans as sacred raw material, slow-roasting single-origin beans from Costa Rica into ceremonial drinking chocolate. This isn't your instant cocoa-it's chocolate that tastes like the fruit it came from, served warm and deliberately slow.
6 min read
Small Batches, Full Stories: Blue Bag Specialty Coffee
Francisco Lopez names the farm, altitude, and processing method for every shot he pulls at Blue Bag Specialty Coffee. In Sofia's growing specialty scene, this Bulgarian roastery proves that small batches and verified farms create stories worth telling.
5 min read