July 2022 – Pala

Pala Kaffebrenneri

Location: Trondheim, Norway
Established: 2018
Roaster: Diedrich IR-12
Social: @palacoffee
Web: Pala.no

Idar Ellingsen has worked with speciality coffees since 2005. He worked as a full time barista and coffee shop manager until 2014 when he started roasting and consulting. He was the head roaster and QC-manager for J&S and Langøra, before he finally started his own roastery: Pala, in January 2018. He is also a certified Q-grader and two times Norwegian cupping champion, with a handful of top 3 placements in various coffee competitions, including the Norwegian coffee roasting championship this year where he placed 2^nd.
Idars favourite coffees often come from Colombia or Kenya.

When Idar is not doing coffee stuff, he likes woodworking and hiking in the mountains.