Tired of a boring job at a supposedly creative office, I craved more excitement in life.

So, I began doodling and exploring illustration after work hours.

Back in 2019, I jumped into the world of freelance illustration, it has been a crazy ride!

Haha!

Whenever I can, I try to fit in a run somewhere during the day.

And when I do, I dive super deep into it—haha, it's just my thing!

I try to take all those interests and use them as inspiration for my work.

Pop culture is a huge influence on me, and I always keep Charles Fréger's photo book right by my side.

The entire experience was incredibly smooth sailing—I wish every project could be this seamless!

I've still got a few things on my bucket list to explore.

Being a huge fan of sports, collaborating with an exciting sports brand would be an absolute dream.

In 2022, I had my debut expo—perhaps I'm gearing up for another one?

I don’t know.

We wanted something colorful, and original, that playfully uses our original design and that catches the eyes of customers - which is exactly the case with this design and people love it!

People who enjoy exploring coffee flavors are often very open to art in its different forms.

We definitely would love to continue this cooperation as artists like Xerxes Heirman truly add a layer of beauty to our products, making them extra special.

It is a natural processed coffee and is a specific variety that grows only on that farm.

It is super jammy:)

We also attach a lot of importance to being transparent about where the coffee comes from and try to have as much direct-trade coffee as possible, which people appreciate.

Not only me, but this applies to the majority of the team in our company.

I can talk about two huge factors, why we are based in Banská Bystrica.

First of all, it is really in the middle of the country.

We not only roast coffee, but we also distribute a wide range of coffee-related products, provide all kinds of services for our customers and travel a lot.

Doing so from this small town is convenient.

Secondly, the work-life balance here is amazing.

It is just about the size, that you are not bored by it, but on the other hand so close to nature, especially the mountains.

You can close the door at your office and be in the middle of nowhere, deep in the forest, riding a bike in less than 20 minutes.

I know that most of you will not like what I am about to say, but we fell in love with the whole culture of drinking coffee by Italians.

By the time, we grew, as a company,  we learned a lot as a team and in 2019 inevitably happened.

We started to roast our coffee.

We still roast some traditional blends, but we are mainly focusing now on specialty coffees.

After working with Italians, we also started to import products from brands like Victoria Arduino, Nuova Simonelli, Modbar and many others.

So I am an absolute geek about coffee machines.

Maybe even more than coffee itself.

But you know, we are a team of almost 15 people now, so everybody is focusing on different aspects of the coffee industry.

My favorite origin and area for growing coffee in the world.

A great amount of rain has helped the quality of this particular coffee.

The processing station employs 150 people, most of them seasonal workers.

What is interesting, is the fact that more than 90% of all the employees are women.

Gitega Hills station is buying coffee from more than 1000 farmers.

You can expect a nice, clean cup of coffee.

Hints of Earl Grey tea, gingerbread, caramel and nougat can be found in the cup.

Back in the day, this mining town was really important for international trade in the whole of Europe.

Actually, not long ago this happened:

The approximately 500-year-old wreck of a merchant ship was discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Frisian Islands by a Dutch salvage team.

Its members came across the wreck by chance while searching for hundreds of shipping containers lost in January by the German-bound cargo ship MSC Zoe.

The ship was probably built in the 1540s, and the vessel was carrying copper belonging to the influential Fugger family, an influential German business family that dominated European commercial life in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Copper plates salvaged from the wreck bear the Fugger trademark.

This copper was all from our town.

Also, our market is influenced by this culture, so it is quite common.

If we talk about filter coffee, Kalita is the one method I am using the most.

Enjoy a cup of my favorite coffee we roast.

You can always find Rwandas in our offer."

I’m running the roastery in the 6th generation of our family and we are approaching our 200th birthday in a couple of years.

Although, we have a long history and therefore a lot of experience you should not mistake us for a typical traditional roastery.

We love modern coffees and we love to experiment with new processes, varieties and roasting techniques.

We’re growing slowly but surely with a growth of 10% every year.

The design for the boxes was made by myself.

But apart from that, the coffee scene is pretty much dead :)