Antigua Specialty Coffee
Tirana · Albania
Antigua Caffe was founded in Tirana in 1995 by Julia Bozo's family, opening Albania's first specialty coffee roastery at
Skuratov Coffee was founded in 2013 in Omsk, Siberia by Viktor Skuratov, who had spent a year and a half failing in the capsule-machine rental business before pivoting to a specialty coffee shop and then, months later, to the 'brew bar' format that defined the brand. A 5-million-ruble investment from Aleksandr Galiulov, Andrei Negomedyanov and Roman Popov funded early expansion; Omsk food distributor Viktor Shkurenko took 35% in 2017; and by 2024-2025 Skuratov operated roughly 58-67 cafes across Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Samara, with two roasting facilities and an explicit 'In Omsk We Trust' brand identity built around the 'Skuratov People' subculture.
Skuratov is the Russian federal-scale third-wave chain that grew out of Siberia rather than Moscow or St. Petersburg — proof that the country's specialty coffee development happened in regional cities first. Its 'brew bar' format and explicit Omsk-origin branding helped establish the template now copied by other Russian specialty chains.
Кутузовский пр-т, 36 ст39, Москва (Moscow); Декабристов 91, Омск (Omsk); 60+ locations across Russia
Tirana · Albania
Antigua Caffe was founded in Tirana in 1995 by Julia Bozo's family, opening Albania's first specialty coffee roastery at
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