Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ministry of Ćejf
Ministry of Ćejf roasts in Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton.
Overview
Ministry of Ćejf is a Sarajevo specialty café-and-roastery in the city's Old Town opened by former Australian actor Reshad Strik, whose father is Bosnian and who married a Sarajevan woman after settling on the city. The cafe sits near Sebilj fountain and runs a separate roastery a few doors up the same hill — Ćejf Coffee Roasters — sourcing direct-trade lots from Brazil, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya and Burundi and serving them through a multi-method bar that pairs traditional Bosnian-Turkish džezva with espresso, Chemex, V60 and AeroPress. The brand name plays on ćejf, the Bosnian word for the act of unhurried enjoyment.
Known for
- Owner Reshad Strik — former Australian actor, Bosnian father, settled in Sarajevo
- Cafe in Sarajevo's Old Town near Sebilj; sister roastery a few doors away
- Direct-trade origin program: Brazil, El Salvador honey, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica honey, Ethiopia Kercha, Kenya, Burundi
- Multi-method bar pairs traditional Bosnian-Turkish coffee with espresso, AeroPress, Chemex, V60
- Brand named after 'ćejf' — Bosnian for the art of unhurried enjoyment
- One of the few specialty operations among Sarajevo's heritage Bosnian coffee culture
Why it matters
Bosnia and Herzegovina has one of the world's oldest continuous coffee cultures — Sarajevo's tahmiscija coffee-roasting guild dates to the 16th century, predating Vienna and Paris by a hundred years — but specialty-grade light-roast preparation barely exists in the country. Ministry of Ćejf is the operation that linked that heritage 'ćejf' culture to the global third-wave grammar, and per European Coffee Trip remains one of the most identifiable specialty stops anywhere in the Balkans.
Production
- head roaster
- Reshad Strik
- filter equipment
- Chemex, V60, AeroPress
- roastery location
- Old Town Sarajevo, near Hiseta 2
Café
Hiseta 2, 71000 Sarajevo