GOOD HONEST COFFEE
We are Gringo Nordic, a curious little coffee roasting company in Gothenburg, Sweden.
We source 100 % fully transparent speciality coffees from single farms, estates and cooperatives. A lot of the coffees come from organically certified farms. But a lot of the coffee comes from much smaller plantations, where a certification would not be economically possible. But we support them anyway, there is often a lot of good intentions behind each farmer, especially the ones that work with quality. They do not want to act stupid on the planet, and generally avoid the high costs of fertilizers to any cost.
We roast our coffee with a so-called slow roast method - by hand and in small batches - on the most energy-efficient roasting machine on the planet, using air flow technology. We adapt each roasting to each unique coffee so that there is a balance between sweetness, acidity and fullness, then we think that the coffee usually tastes best.
We really love coffee - we will make sure you never doubt it.
BACKGROUND
Gringo Nordic was founded in 2018 by Johan Ekfeldt, who previously founded Sweden's first specialty coffee roastery, Johan & Nyström. Together with his wife Pernilla and business partner Magnus Alfjärd, he runs the roastery on the outskirts of Gothenburg. The name “GRINGO” stuck after workers at Johan's coffee farm Finca La Tierra - in Colombia - started calling him that. We also have a coffee bar in our roastery, where we serve espresso drinks, brewed coffee and pour overs and you can buy coffee beans and tea and accessories to take home. If you want ground coffee, we grind it on site! On some Saturdays we open our doors for a full Gringo experience, when we have a café with homemade coffee and host free cupping sessions (coffee tastings).
Monday - Friday 8-16
Closed all public holidays
OPEN SATURDAYS spring 2025 15/2, 15/3, 26/4, 24/5 1-2/3 you'll find us at Th Nordic Coffee Fest here in Gothenburg !
On Open Saturdays we are open 11-15 and there is always good coffee and seating in the roastery, in the coffee bar and outside.
LOS GRINGOS
JOHAN EKFELDT
For as long as I can remember, I've had my head full of coffee. For many years I was a dedicated hobby roaster and eventually got a job at Kahls Kaffe. After six educational years there, I co-founded Johan & Nyström in 2004. We were Sweden's first specialty coffee roastery and worked consciously to fundamentally change people's coffee habits.
After selling my share in the company and three years outside the coffee stand (I meanwhile managed to buy a coffee farm in Colombia), I started in May 2018 - together with Magnus & Pernilla - Gringo.
I really missed roasting coffee. I love turning on the roaster in the morning, sensing the coffee all day and working directly with the farmers and with all the passionate and coffee-loving people you meet in specialty coffee. It is simply the best job in the world.
0739-013731
PERNILLA EKFELDT
You might say I got married for coffee. But you might also say that I grew up with northern coffee; lightly roasted and gently brewed. And that what I like most about coffee is to spread knowledge about specialty coffee and show how good it can really taste when all the different characters of coffee emerge and how good it feels to know that coffee is grown in a traceable and sustainable way where the coffee grower really get paid reasonably.
I think the best thing about working with coffee is all the meetings, everything from coffee farmers to all the nice people in the coffee industry and especially with you who, just like me, simply love a good cup of coffee!
På Gringo håller jag provningar, kaffekurser, möter gäster i rosteributiken, hjälper nya och gamla kunder till gott kaffe
0733-880608
MAGNUS ALFJÄRD
Jag är i grunden kock, men insåg att kaffe är det roligaste som finns när jag jobbade på Johan & Nyström som säljare. Efter ett år ute på havet så är jag tillbaka där jag trivs bäst, bland gott kaffe och kaffeälskande kunder.
På Gringo får jag gräva mig djupare in i kaffet och jag är lite av företagets MacGyver; här finns alltid något att fixa. Förutom att jag är produktions- och lageransvarig, så hittar ni mig bakom ratten eller styret på våra leveransfordon.
Jag har dessutom daglig kontakt med både nya och befintliga kunder.
0702-109178
JOHN SJÖDIN
My coffee journey started early, I was just a young teenager when I started working for Tord Wetter at the legendary Mauritz coffee in Gothenburg. It was also here where I got my first insight into how freshly roasted coffee smells, and how good coffee can really be when it is roasted and brewed with love and emotion.
Joining the team at Gringo Nordic and continuing my coffee journey here therefore feels like a natural and exciting continuation. I am now the head roaster here at Gringo and develop unique profiles for our coffees, so it means a daily evaluation and quality control - a very fun job!
john@gringonordic.se
WILLIAM ENSTRÖM
When I started at Gringo, I didn't drink coffee, but now I'm as fond of this noble beverage as the rest of the gang. I am really interested in all the flavors of good coffee and no two cups are the same. My morning always starts with a pot of Chemex - preferably with something new and exciting!
At Gringo, I make sure our customers get nice bags, I label, pack and handle most of the internal logistics. I also pack orders for our retailers and cafés/restaurants.
TORBEN LARSSON
One winter Saturday I sat with a friend and enjoyed a good cup of coffee among beans and coffee stuff in the roastery. Gringo was open on Saturdays and I got a strong feeling that I like it here. It was a nice moment that was enhanced by all the lovely Gringos who like to talk about coffee as much as I do.
A few months later I did my first day here at Gringo. To work with good people, both here at the roastery and with our amazing customers, to try new lovely beans from different parts of the world and to learn more about coffee every day - that's what brightens my everyday life.
At Gringo, I work with a little bit of everything – for example order processing, website, our web shop and roasting.
ANDRÉ CATO
SANEL SALIHOVIC
ROSANNE BOER
For the first 20 years of my life I had such bad allergies and chronic illnesses that I wasn’t able to smell anything. When I finally found proper treatment a whole world opened up for me. This is also when I started to drink coffee for the first time and got hooked on specialty coffee straight away. Not only could I smell things at all but I actually noticed I had an incredibly sensitive nose, as well as taste buds and all other senses. I always thought this was an annoying thing until I started working as a barista next to my studies environmental and political sciences.
By now I have worked and studied specialty coffee in 4 different countries and my curiosity has far from depleted. Since this summer I’m part of the roasters team here and it makes me understand coffee even more than I already did. I do love to run around like a little mad woman and do everything that is needed in the company so you’ll see me at events, in the cafe, customer service, packing and handling orders as well.