ABOUT US
OUR COMPANY
Coffee Touch s.r.o was established in 2007 (from 2018 is 9 Grams Coffee s.r.o). Our goal is to achieve the highest possible standard of provided service
Customers´ satisfaction, market news, flexibility, product quality guarantee are our priorities.
MAYO GALUSKA
Owner
Distribution Italian Coffee
Slovak barista champion 2008, Bratislava
Ex-owner (Mirgrena pub, Mane caffe)
Owner La Cultura restaurant & Grand Caffe & Food Station
Competitor World Barista ChampionShip 2008 Copenhagen
Slovak Champion Coffee In Good Spirit 2010, Bratislava
2nd place on Slovak Barista Champonship 2010, Bratislava
4th place Latte art ChampionShip 2010 Bratislava
Certification Coffee Lab (INEI - International Institute of Coffee Tasters)
Coordinator SCAE Slovak Chapter 2009-2011
S-C-A (Slovak Coffee Association) founder Non Profit organization
SCAE member
Technical judge Czech BArista Championship 2009 (by SCAE)
Guiness record (worlds biggest cappucino) by Roberto Trevisan
Training, courses, photoshooting (Metro cash & carry, Popradská káva, Fajn klub markíza TV, STV ,Patriot TV…)
Acreditation of Goverment of Shool Slovak republic
Vizual sensory judge 2010, Czech republic (by SCAE)
Scae certification barista level 1
20th place World Coffee In Good Spirit ChampionShip 2010, London
Slovak Champion Coffee In Good Spirit ChampionShip 2011, Zilina
20th place World Coffee In Good Spirit ChampionShip 2011, Maastrich, Netherlands
Technical sensory Hungarian Barista 2011, 2012 Budapest (by SCAE)
Technical sensory Czech Barista Championship 2011, 2012 Praha
FOunder coffee shop roastery with specialty coffees 9 Grams Coffee
Grand Caffe, Žilina Best Caffe in SLovak republic 2011, by ”Slovak Bar Awards“
We are members SCA, Cup Of Excellence
Coffeetasters.org – coffee taster for 2011-2012
Owner Five Points Caffeteria Bratislava, since 2016
New Training centre in Bratislava since 2017
2007
A new restaurant, pizzeria and café La Cultura opened. Modern style premises and a wide range of dishes, coffee cocktails, pizzas and drinks offer just what you are looking for. We work exclusively with quality materials, quality COSTADORO CAFFE of which we are the sole distributor in Slovak market. We decided for non-smokers restaurant and thus follow the European trends in this direction.
2009
We founded the Slovak Coffee Association that is a member of the global non-profit organization SCAE (Speciality Coffee Assn. of Europe - www.scae.com), where we were given a status of the coordinator of SCAE- Slovak Chapter with the right (besides organizing trainings and other activities) to organize the official Championship of Slovak Republic in coffee preparation and Barista Championship where the winner goes up to prestigious world´s finals.
2010
At the end of 2010 we opened a modern and stylish café restaurant Grand Caffee Brasserie where we bet on the quality of service. Brasserie comes from the French language but this term is now naturalized in England, especially for metropolitan restaurants, and indicates that at one place you can find and expect quality beer, coffee and cuisine as well as a kind of entertainment following the character, spirit and philosophy of the restaurant.
2011
We began to roast our own exclusive coffee 9 grams coffee – 1st roaster in town that is offered to our guests and customers who are interested in buying coffee for their own coffee houses or even private households. Neither did we circumvent the modern world trend of two in one - coffee roasters in coffee houses where you can watch the course of roasting your favourite coffee. We are the first and only coffee roaster of in Žilina.
2012
We became an exclusive sale representative of Løv Organic tea-house where respect for nature and quality has a prominent place.
2013
We opened a café restaurant in Trenčín called FOOD STATION in the schopping centre Laugarício. Our offer is identical to the La Cultura Žilina. During the summer months open-air terrace is available.
We became an exclusive distributor of co ANFIM for Slovakia. Their coffee grinders belong among the best in the market which is proven by a large number of world´s famous baristas who use these coffee grinds.
We launched an eShop CoffeeArt.sk mainly focused on our products and equipment for baristas, coffee houses, hotels, restaurants. Everything is specialized in coffee and tea.
2014
At the beginning of the year we opened a barista training centre for preparation of coffee, coffee drinks and other levels of education not only for freshmen but professional baristas as well. The official name of the centre is 9GC Training Centre
2015
Tea theory is our brand of organic teas for extraordinary costumers. All information you can find on webpage TEATHEORY.EU
2016
We opened our specialty caffeterie FIVE POINTS in old city centre Bratislava. Bistro with hight quality service
2017
We opened our 2nd Barista traning centre in Bratislava. First is in Zilina city, Slovakia