About us
Specialty coffee, without the complications.
You don't have to be a barista to drink really good coffee at home.
boabe.ro started from a simple idea: make specialty coffee easier to understand, to choose, and above all, to enjoy. We select coffees with clear origins, well-defined flavour profiles, and verified freshness, then tell you plainly what they taste like and how to brew them. You choose what you like. We make the choice easier.
What is specialty coffee
Specialty coffee is coffee with a minimum SCA score of 80 points, with origin verified at lot level and processed to express the specific character of the region and harvest.
The story
The next coffee might reset your benchmark.
Maybe you've been drinking coffee for years. Maybe you already have a favourite brand. Maybe you've looked at specialty coffee and had the impression you need to know too much to choose: origin, processing, acidity, roast, recipe.
We started from the same place.
It started at a coffee shop, with a simple coffee ordered without high expectations. But with a taste I hadn't encountered before: complex, alive, with notes I'd never associated with a cup of coffee. I asked what it was. The barista said: specialty, single origin from Ethiopia. I bought beans.
The first two bags at home confirmed what I'd tasted. The real revelation came after, when I went back to the regular coffee in the cupboard. The first sip stopped me. It wasn't bad. It was different on a level I hadn't anticipated.
From there began a journey I hadn't planned. We explored origins, harvests and processes. We tried coffees from dozens of countries, machines and grinders of every kind. And we discovered something much simpler than expected: a good coffee doesn't have to be complicated. It just has to be the right coffee for your taste.
That was the discovery from which boabe.ro emerged.
We don't want to turn every customer into a coffee expert. We want to give you enough information to choose well and simply enough that you stop putting off that first order.
If you prefer chocolate, caramel and nutty flavours, start with CORE. If you want something more fruity, floral or surprising, try EXPLORE. And if you're already looking for rare coffees and unusual experiences, there's VISION.
Choose the profile that sounds best to you. Order a bag. Brew it the way you already like to drink coffee.
The rest you discover in the cup.
Our mission
Good coffee shouldn't be hard to choose.
We want to make specialty coffee accessible to those discovering it now, not just connoisseurs. Less jargon. More clarity. And coffee you can't wait to drink again.
Roaster
We work with Guido, a specialty coffee roaster from Romania, with a verified selection and confirmed traceability at lot level.
Company
MXM SYSTEMS SRL, CUI RO54497805
Sector 3, Bucharest, Romania
The boabe.ro selection
Choose by taste, not by jargon.
We've split the selection into three directions, so you get to the right coffee faster.
CORE
Familiar taste, done better
Chocolate, caramel, nuts. Balanced, sweet, easy to drink. If you're coming from everyday coffee and want to discover specialty, start here.
Start with CORE →
EXPLORE
When you want to discover more
Fruit, citrus, florals and more expressive aromas. For the moment when coffee stops being just coffee and you start looking for differences between origins.
Discover EXPLORE →
VISION
When a coffee has to surprise you
Rare lots, special varieties and unusual processes. Coffees for those who want to discover how far taste can go.
Try VISION →
How we select
Only the coffee we'd drink ourselves makes it into the bag.
Specialty, not just in name
We select coffees with a minimum SCA score of 82 points, assessed and documented at lot level by a certified Q-Grader.
You know what you're drinking
Country, region, farm or cooperative, harvest and processing. We maintain traceability for every coffee we sell and do not accept generic descriptors without a confirmed source.
Fresh, as it should be
We work with small lots and frequent rotation. The roast date is visible on every bag. We do not sell coffee older than 10 weeks from roast.
The flavour in the description reaches the cup
Every new lot is cupped internally before listing. We accept natural variations between harvests, not hidden quality differences behind them.
Ready to start?
You've made it this far. Now comes the good part.
You don't need to know everything about coffee to choose well. Just tell us what taste you like.