Castelldefels · Spain
Right Side Coffee
Right Side Coffee roasts in Castelldefels, Catalonia.
Since 2012 · Joaquín Parra
Overview
Right Side Coffee was founded in 2012 by Joaquín Parra in his parking lot in Castelldefels, just south of Barcelona, with a budget that barely covered two bags of green coffee and a name that became its mantra. He is one of three sons of Rafa Moral, founder of Mare Terra, the largest Spanish specialty coffee importer. For over a decade Right Side operated as a purely wholesale roaster supplying Barcelona's third-wave pioneers — most famously Satan's Coffee Corner — before opening its own café in the Gothic Quarter in 2023, and Parra is a three-time Spanish SCA roasting champion who has competed at the World Roasting Championship in Nice and Guangzhou.
Known for
- Founded 2012 by Joaquín Parra in a Castelldefels parking lot, south of Barcelona
- Three-time Spanish SCA roasting champion (2013, 2017 among them)
- Long-time wholesale roaster for Satan's Coffee Corner and other Barcelona third-wave pioneers
- Restored 1993 Probat L12 and 1959 Probat UG22 roasters
- Right Side Coffee Bar opened in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter in 2023
Why it matters
Right Side belongs to a wider Moral family dynasty — Joaquín's father Rafa founded Mare Terra, the largest Spanish specialty coffee importer, and his brothers run other Catalan specialty operations including Hidden — which makes them one of European specialty coffee's deepest single-family stories. For a decade Joaquín deliberately stayed wholesale-only, which is unusual for a roaster of his profile and let him focus on producer relationships and roasting rather than retail; the 2023 Gothic Quarter café opening marked the first real shift in that strategy.
Production
- head roaster
- Joaquín Parra
- roaster machine
- Probat L12 (1993) and Probat UG22 (1959), both restored
- roastery location
- Castelldefels, Barcelona
Café
Carrer Arc de Sant Ramon del Call, 11, 08002 Barcelona
Recognitions
- Spanish SCA Roasting Champion (2013)
- Spanish SCA Roasting Champion (2017)
- World Roasting Championship competitor (Nice, Guangzhou)