From 28 February to 1 March, Gothenburg hosts Nordic Coffee Fest at Bananpiren — the Nordic region’s largest specialty coffee festival. A weekend filled with tastings, roasters, workshops, brewing techniques, origin stories and conversations about craft.
If you’re curious about the full program and exhibitors, you can explore it directly at
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For anyone who cares about details, this is not just an event. It’s a meeting point for people who take coffee seriously — but not pretentiously. Exactly how we like things.
Sweden is one of the biggest coffee-drinking countries in the world. Fika is not optional. It’s structure. It’s pause. It’s culture. In Italy, coffee is different — shorter, stronger, faster. An espresso at the counter. A ritual that lasts one minute but means everything.
Two cultures. Two rhythms. One essential ingredient: coffee.
That’s why Nordic Coffee Fest naturally catches our attention.
Because when we listen to roasters speak about origin, roasting curves, acidity, balance and sustainability, it sounds very familiar. It sounds like chefs talking about ingredients. About patience. About doing things properly.
And that’s something we deeply relate to.
We build our lasagna layer by layer. Ragù that takes time. Béchamel that requires care. Pasta made with intention. No shortcuts. No industrial tricks. Just craft.
Specialty coffee works the same way.
A well-extracted espresso is about precision.
A good lasagna is about balance.
Both rely on quality raw materials.
Both require respect for the process.
Being rooted in a concept that combines Italian and Swedish food culture, coffee plays a quiet but important role in our world. In Sweden, lunch naturally ends with coffee. In Italy, no meal truly feels complete without it. It closes the experience. It grounds it.
Coffee lifts you.
Lasagna grounds you.
One awakens the senses.
The other comforts them.
Together, they create balance.
Nordic Coffee Fest is also a reminder that food culture evolves through curiosity. Through meeting producers. Through asking questions. Through tasting something new and thinking, “Why does this work so well?”
That curiosity is something we share. Whether it’s exploring new seasonal ingredients, working with Swedish produce, or sourcing the right Italian imports, we believe that caring about origin and process makes the final experience better.
Because at the end of the day, it’s not just about caffeine. And it’s not just about pasta.
It’s about craft.
It’s about culture.
It’s about the small rituals that structure our days.
Life is made of layers.
And sometimes, the perfect layer after a warm portion of lasagna… is a really good coffee.
