Summer barista

Having beers with Johan from daMatteo (left) and Cymon from Kura Café.

This summer was quite special for me. Not just was it the first time I lived abroad alone but it was the first time I really had time for coffee. Something I really had been looking for, devoting my time completely for coffee.

My latte art improved a lot, still needs (lots of) practice though...

Great thing with Johan & Nyström is that we had one-hour lunch breaks (a luxury in the coffee industry) so I decided to take full advantage of them. I ate for half an hour and was left with another 30 mins to visit either of the two coffee places nearby, Drop Coffee or Espressino, try something interesting and then get back behind the counter at the concept store.

Lunch drop coffee at Drop Coffee.

Working at the Concept Store has most likely been the most influential thing for my “career” in coffee. I learned much more than I had expected, got to know so many great (coffee) people and had lots of fun. I also had more time for this blog and I really love the response it got within Stockholm’s coffee scene. It was great to see so many micro-roasteries, for example Öner Kulbay’s (He really deserves a blog post of his own).

Öner's Diedrich in his house.

It wasn't just all coffee...