Brand Residencies
Not sponsorship,
but co-creation
Brand Residency is when a brand enters the media not with a banner, but with a point of view. A thematic editorial season where the brand lives in the content as a co-author of meaning, with stories, people and experiences.
Active residency
Dabov
The Source
Every bean comes from somewhere: a particular farm, a particular harvest, a particular year. For six months, together with Dabov, we follow that trail backwards: from the cup to the place where the coffee was still fruit.
Произходът
Stories from the farms and regions where coffee begins: the people, the climate and the soil behind each harvest.
Пътят на зърното
The whole process from picking and processing through roasting to the cup, told plainly and with respect for the craft.
Дегустационна тетрадка
Sensory profiles and how to read a taste: what those notes on the label actually mean.
Хората на извора
The relationships of trust between farmers, roasters and baristas that make a coffee traceable.
Сезони и реколти
New lots and limited releases: the rhythm of the coffee year, told through Dabov's own selection.
Active residency
Devin
The First Ingredient
Water is most of what is in any cup of coffee, and it is almost never the thing anyone talks about. For six months, together with Devin, we write about it: what water does in a cup, where it comes from, and how a glass of water fits into the order of a day.
Минералният профил
What water is made of, and how hardness and minerals shape the way coffee tastes.
Чаша вода към еспресото
The Italian habit of serving a glass of water beside the espresso: what it does for the taste, and for hospitality.
От планината
How a mountain makes water: the rock, the springs, and the path water takes underground.
Балансът
Water as part of the coffee ritual, and of a well-ordered day.
Active residency
FIAT
Small Rituals. Big City.
The city is not merely a place we pass through. It is a collection of small discoveries, favourite routes and everyday rituals. For six months, together with FIAT, we follow how people move between them.
Dolce Vita Routes
Routes across the city, built around favourite places, neighbourhoods and everyday rituals
Моите 5 спирки в града
Five places in the city, chosen by the people who shape its cultural and entrepreneurial life
Morning Rituals
How the day begins: in what order, in which places, at what pace
City Favourites
Favourite places for coffee, for work, for meeting someone. And the hour when each is at its best
The Route Between
Stories happen between the stops: on the way from one place to the next
Active · Season 1
Good Coffee Festival
specialty coffee and craft chocolate get together
Good Coffee Festival is a cultural platform that turns coffee into an experience. Slow Made City is the official media partner.
Festival Preview
What is coming at Good Coffee Festival: highlights before the opening
Venue Profiles
Profiles of festival participants
Behind the Bar
The baristas, roasters and chocolatiers behind the bar at the festival
Taste Journey
The path of taste from the green bean to the cup and the bar
Global Scene
Coffee festivals around the world and what Sofia can learn from them
Festival Recap
What remained after Good Coffee Festival: takeaways and highlights
Active residency
myPOS
Tap. Sip. Go.
Behind every good cup stands a small business that chose to do things with care. Over six months, together with myPOS, we write about the people behind the counter, and what it takes to run a small place well.
The People Behind the Cup
Portraits of owners and baristas who turned a passion into a livelihood
What It Takes
What it takes to run a coffee shop: the courage, the numbers, the daily routine, the risks
Instant Stories
Small moments where speed matters, told by merchants and their customers
Money, Made Simple
Practical pieces on small-business money, plainly put, without the jargon
The Tap Between
The story of that one-second tap that connects a customer and a merchant
Active residency
Spetema
The Everyday Cup
Most of the coffee anyone drinks in a day is not drunk in a specialty bar. It is drunk at a kitchen counter, in an office, between two meetings. For six months, together with Spetema, we write about that cup: where it comes from, what makes it dependable, and why it is worth paying attention to.
По един произход
A journey through the world's coffee regions: one origin per piece, and the taste of one particular place.
Ритуалът у дома и в офиса
How good coffee shows up in everyday life outside the specialty bars, and what makes it good.
Занаятът зад надеждността
What makes a coffee consistently good: the technology and the quality control behind a repeatable taste.
Малки удоволствия
Short pieces about the moments a cup of coffee makes better.
Active residency
Vereia
The Second Ingredient
After the coffee there is one more thing in the cup, and it decides almost as much: the milk. For six months, together with Vereia, we write about the second ingredient: what milk does in a cup, how it behaves under steam, and why baristas choose what they choose.
Изкуството на пяната
Latte art, texture and technique, told by the baristas who have mastered them.
Флат уайт култура
How milk drinks took over the specialty bars, and what makes them different.
Втората съставка
What makes a milk work in coffee: protein, fat, temperature.
Млякото и мястото
Milk as part of a place: the season the raw material follows, the domestic tradition, and the culture in which milk arrived in a cup of coffee.
Active residency
VisitSofia
The City Around the Cup
Sofia is a city you inhabit through small things: a side street, an hour of the day, a table by a window. For six months, together with VisitSofia, we look at the city through the cup: its neighbourhoods and their hours, the mountain at the end of a tram line, the people behind the counter, and what is left of a city once the cup is empty.
Sofia on the Map
The season's starting point: why Sofia belongs among Europe's coffee cities (told in context beside Athens, Zagreb and Budapest), and what makes this city different.
Neighborhoods by the Cup
Sofia's neighbourhoods told through the cup: what each one is for, and how to move through the city like a resident rather than a tourist.
48 Hours in Sofia
The traveller's practical route, cup by cup, and everything between the cups: the city's hours, the walk itself, and what is left for the third day.
The People Who Pour
The roasters, baristas and owners who built the scene. The people who make a destination feel alive.
From Vitosha to the Cup
The place as the first ingredient of the experience: the mountain, the water, the climate and the rhythm that make Sofia this particular city.
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