About Kova
A small roastery that keeps its suppliers close.
Kova started in 2017 with a 5 kg roaster in a garage and one farm we trusted. Today we roast for our own bar, forty partners and a lot of home kitchens.
Our story
We wanted to know who grew our coffee. So we went and asked.
The first trip was to a washing station on a ridge in Guji. We tasted forty lots in two days, bought one and promised to come back. We have gone back every harvest since.
That habit shaped everything else: we only buy coffees we have cupped ourselves, we publish what we pay and we keep the list short so every coffee on it gets proper attention at the roaster.
The bar came later, almost by accident. Neighbours kept knocking on the roastery door for a cup, so we put in a counter, then a long table, then a bakery partner. Now it is where most people meet us first.
How we source
Three promises we make to every farm we work with.
01
We come back
Long relationships beat one-off bids. Most of our partners have sold to us for four harvests or more.
02
We pay for quality
Prices are agreed before the harvest and rise with cup score, not with market swings.
03
We share the numbers
What we paid, how much we bought and how it tasted: published every year in our transparency report.
The team
The people at the roaster and the bar.
Mira Lindqvist
Head roaster
Mira Lindqvist
Head roaster
Mira Lindqvist
Head roaster
Mira Lindqvist
Head roaster
Come and taste
The best way to know us is a cup at the bar.
Open seven days a week, ten steps from the roaster. Free tasting of the newest lots every morning.