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Bucharest · Romania

Origo Coffee

Since 2013 · Mihai Panfil

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Overview

Origo was founded in 2013 by Mihai Panfil, a CQI Q-grader, with a Lipscani 9 café designed by Lama Arhitectura that featured 276 white coffee cups suspended over the bar and an in-shop glass-walled roastery so customers could watch every step. The name is the Latin for 'origin'; Panfil chose it deliberately to mark the start of Romanian specialty coffee. The roastery moved to its own facility in 2015 and a second café (Dorobanți 186) opened in 2017.

Known for

  • Founder Mihai Panfil — CQI-licensed Q Grader
  • Original Lipscani 9 café featured 276 coffee cups suspended from antique wooden ceiling beams over the bar
  • First specialty roastery in Romania — the country's third-wave anchor
  • Origo Academy: 200+ courses and ~1,000 graduates over the first decade
  • Authorized Romanian distributor for Nuova Simonelli, Pentair and other equipment brands

Why it matters

Origo is Romania's specialty coffee origin story. Panfil deliberately built it as a four-legged operation — café, roastery, training academy, equipment distribution — so that everything a new Romanian specialty café needed could come from one Romanian source. That's why Bucharest now has a real third-wave scene rather than just a few imports.

Production

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head roaster
Mihai Panfil
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roastery location
Bucharest, Romania (Strada Lanului 4)
espresso equipment
Victoria Arduino Gravitech (original Lipscani café)
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Café

Strada Lipscani 9, Bucharest

Recognitions

  • Founder Mihai Panfil — CQI-licensed Q Grader
  • First specialty coffee roastery in Romania

Sources

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