Festival Program
Sofia, 11-13 September 2026 - the programme is coming.
Detailed programme coming soon. Three days of music, talks, tastings and micro events.
Coming soon
We will publish the full programme here as soon as it is ready.
Coffee Culture Map · 70+ venues
The festival network
Cafés, roasters, specialty shops and taste destinations across Sofia. The partner network of Good Coffee Festival.
Urban Embassy Specialty Coffee
CaféStory Cups
CaféCadu
CaféFlavouRITs
CaféSavi Gelato
CaféЧай във фабриката
CaféMartines
CaféBrewing Dealers
CaféBlue Bag Specialty Coffee
CaféFlow Cacao Roasters
CaféSpojka
Cafékafeto.bg
CaféAroma Coffee
Café100%Caffeine
CaféKofi Ti
Café718 Breakfast & Brunch
CaféБар Самар
Food & drinksCaruso pizza
Food & drinksTuscani cioccolato
ChocolateBePure
Artisan spaceХранкооп маг
Farmers marketVenue Profiles
The profiles behind the taste
Who stands behind the cup, who selects the bean, who guards the craft. Deep editorial portraits of the venues in the Good Coffee Festival network - the people, the philosophy and the craft.
The Coffee Repeats, the Person Never Does: Alexandra Fileva of Urban Embassy
☕️ What do you learn about people after five years of making them coffee every day? Alexandra Fileva of Urban Embassy answers with one sentence that arranges everything else. 📖 The bean sets the ceiling; the person at the machine owns the distance down to the cup. And "bad coffee" turns out to be a definition that never mentions taste. Read the full conversation ahead of Good Coffee Festival on Slow Made City! 👉 [link to article]
The One Word Banned Behind the Bar: Anton Krinchev of Flow Cacao Roasters
🍫 Which single word is banned behind the bar of a cacao roastery? Anton Krinchev of Flow Cacao Roasters gives an answer that arranges everything else. 📖 Espresso teaches speed, cacao teaches patience - and the work is finished long before the bean reaches the machine. Read the full conversation ahead of Good Coffee Festival on Slow Made City! 👉 [link to article]
What the Paper Cup Takes: Alexander Skrinjaric of Martines
☕️ Ever wondered what truly makes a coffee experience unforgettable? Dive into our latest article featuring Alexander Skrinjaric from Martines, where he reveals the hidden costs of the paper cup! 📜 Don't miss out on this insightful conversation ahead of the Good Coffee Festival in Sofia. Spoiler alert: it’s more than just about the brew! Explore how a Slow Made City approach can transform your coffee ritual. Click to read the full article now!
Some Drinks Never Leave the Bar: Story Cups in Yavorov
☕️ Ever wondered what happens to drinks that never leave the bar? Dive into the hidden stories behind Yavorov's beloved Story Cups! 👉 Read the full article to uncover the secrets of this Slow Made City gem. Spoiler alert: not all drinks make the cut, and the reasons are as fascinating as the coffee itself! Don't miss out-click to discover what makes Story Cups a must-visit! 🌟
Reading the Land: What Coffee Origin Actually Means
That farm name on your coffee bag? It represents GPS coordinates, harvest records, and skilled labour you'll never see. Here's what origin actually means, and why it matters.
The Barista Who Knows the Farmer's Name
In Sofia, Blue Bag Coffee Europe roasts in small batches on a Probat, where Head Barista Francisco Lopez follows every bean from farm to cup. When the barista knows the farmer's name, coffee becomes a record of decisions.
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.
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.
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.
Global Scene
The coffee scene beyond Sofia
Melbourne, London, Copenhagen - what coffee festivals look like in cities with a long tradition in the craft, and what from their experience could work in Sofia too.
Fifteen Years of Crowds, and the Coffee Still Tastes Right
The London Coffee Festival has quadrupled in size since 2011, drawing 22,000+ visitors to Shoreditch's Truman Brewery. But can a coffee festival grow without losing the craft that made it worth attending? London's fifteen-year experiment offers lessons for any city building specialty coffee culture.
Fifteen Years of Caffeine and Contradiction at Brick Lane
After fifteen years, London Coffee Festival proves that scale doesn't have to kill specialty coffee culture. The secret? Building on what already exists rather than creating from scratch.
What Melbourne's Coffee Infrastructure Reveals About Building a Specialty Scene
Melbourne's coffee expo draws 31,000 attendees and reveals the institutional scaffolding behind a mature specialty scene. For Sofia's emerging coffee community, the question isn't about replicating scale-it's about building intentional structures while preserving intimacy.
About the festival
Good Coffee Festival is a cultural platform that turns coffee into an experience.
Coffee here is a ritual, a meeting and a city rhythm - a way to live the city and share stories. We gather communities, creators, makers and brands into one shared aesthetic: urban, artistic, human, positive.
2026
70+ participants from Bulgaria and abroad
Media partner: Slow Made City
11-13 September 2026
NDK, Sofia
Slow Made City partner
Be part of Good Coffee Festival '26
11-13 September 2026, NDK, Sofia.