Nordic Brew Lab was started by Håkan Sävlind and Pierre Tymms, two competition baristas with more than 15 years behind the bar between them, who had seen too many people spend money on grinders, drippers and kettles that did not suit the way they brew. Håkan won Baristornas Barista, the Swedish gastronomy award for barista of the year, in 2021 and again in 2025, and took third place in the Swedish Brewers Cup in 2026. Both reached the final of the Swedish Barista Championship in 2025, and in 2022 Håkan placed second and Pierre third. Store manager Julia Bergenstråle, a several-time latte art championship finalist, won Baristornas Barista in 2026, the same year the shop won “Sweden’s Baristas’ Coffee Experience”, barely a year after opening.
Every coffee on the shelves is light or ultra-light roasted, from Nordic, European and international roasters, and a new roaster is featured every week; SEY is among them. The experience bar pours from Reserve and Rare + Exclusive menus, and the Competition Coffee Experience is a set menu of four exclusive coffees with the tricks and tactics used in coffee competitions.
The flagship in Vasastan is the shop’s permanent Stockholm home, with brewing gear for home baristas from first pour-over kits to water optimisation, and workshops such as an introduction to pour-over. A second Nordic Brew Lab is in Malmö.
Coffee on the shelf
- SEY Coffee one of the rotating guest roasters
Photograph: Nordic Brew Lab