What does “one green coffee, three roasts” mean?

We take one green coffee and roast it three ways: light, medium and dark. Each roast gets its own name and its own label. Our Costa Rican Brumas del Zurquí lot is La Lapa light, El Tucán medium and El Colibri dark — the same bean, three different cups.

Which roast should I choose?

For filter (V60, Chemex, AeroPress) the light roast is best: more fruit and acidity. For espresso and milk drinks, the dark: more body and chocolate. If you are unsure, the medium works for both — or answer the four questions in our coffee finder.

How much is shipping and how long does it take?

To a Foxpost locker 1 142 Ft, to your door 2 590 Ft, both in 1–3 working days. Foxpost shipping is free on orders above 15 000 Ft. Collecting in person is free.

Where can I collect the coffee in person?

Free of charge, at these points: Vác, Káptalan u. 3.; 1023 Budapest, Frankel Leó út 49.; 2600 Vác, Zrínyi u. 33.. At the market there is nothing to arrange; for the others, let us agree a time by phone.

Do you roast the coffee fresh?

Yes. We roast in 888-gram batches, in small runs, so stock never sits for long. Every bag carries the roast date and the LOT number, so you can see exactly when it was made.

We do, and it is not a compromise. From the lot of the Colombian women's producer cooperative ASOMUJER we make three roasts: Timaná (light), Pereira (medium) and Manizales (dark).

What is the advent coffee calendar, and when can I buy it?

24 days, 24 different coffees, 4 countries — as whole bean (12,990 Ft) or filter (11,990 Ft). Pre-orders open on 13 October for the waiting list and publicly on 21 November. It sells out every year.

Can I subscribe to the coffee?

Yes, with the Tiko Klub: 250 g a month from 4,590 Ft, with 10–15% off and free shipping. Pause or cancel any time; there is no minimum term.

Who is behind Café Tiko?

José Francisco Brenes Vargas, a Costa Rican roaster who came to Hungary as an exchange student at 18, and Ricsi, the Hungarian co-founder. The roastery is in Vác; there is no shop — you can buy from the webshop and at the Saturday market.

Where do your coffees come from?

We currently have five lots from five origins: Costa Rica (Brumas del Zurquí, Heredia), Guatemala (Waykan, Huehuetenango), Ethiopia (Yirgacheffe), Colombia (Gran Galope, Huila) and Colombian decaf (ASOMUJER, Timaná). Alongside those, the Virunga coffee of the Abadatezuka cooperative from Rwanda.

Costa Rican roaster · Vác Costa Rica Vác

I picked coffee before I roasted it.

I grew up in Costa Rica, where coffee is not a hobby and not a niche. I came to Hungary at eighteen — and I now roast in Vác the coffee I know from home.

Coffees in the shop My story

Costa Rica · Guatemala · Ethiopia · Colombia · Rwanda From the farm to the roastery in Vác

One green coffee.Three roasts.

Our coffees

Yirgacheffe SP 010 Ethiopia — Oromo · Afar · Sidama

Our lots

Five lots, fifteen roasts

Every lot comes from one named producer and one harvest. When it's gone, it's gone.

All lots

Costa Rica

Brumas del Zurquí

Heredia, Central Valley Dry (natural) 1400–1800 m

A micromill in the Heredia part of the Central Valley, where neighbouring farms bring their cherry. Juan Ramón Alvarado Rodríguez and his…

Light La Lapa 5 090 Ft

Medium El Tucán 5 090 Ft

Dark El Colibri 5 390 Ft

3 roasts · from 5 090 Ft The lot's story

Guatemala

Waykan

Huehuetenango Washed 1400–2200 m

Waykan is not a farm but a selection: smallholder lots from Huehuetenango, chosen on cup quality and traceable to the region. The…

Light Guayacán 4 690 Ft

Medium Encino 4 690 Ft

Dark Caoba 4 990 Ft

3 roasts · from 4 690 Ft The lot's story

Ethiopia

Yirgacheffe SP 010

Idido, Yirgacheffe Washed, special prep 1850–1880 m

Around 1,200 growers from the villages around Yirgacheffe — Idido, Aricha, Worka, Chelbesa, Halabariti — deliver cherry to the Idido washing station…

Light Oromo 4 690 Ft

Medium Afar 4 690 Ft

Dark Sidama 4 990 Ft

3 roasts · from 4 690 Ft The lot's story

How we work

The coffee isn't bad.
The roast isn't yours.

Most roasters turn one green coffee into one product and decide for you how it tastes best. We make three. The same bean, the same producer, the same sack — three different roasts, three names, three labels.

Three-roast pack — 4,990 Ft

LightFruit, acidity, florals.
Filterre.

MediumCaramel and balance.
For anything.

DarkChocolate and body.
For espresso, with milk.

For example: our Costa Rican Brumas del Zurquí lot is La Lapa light, El Tucán medium and El Colibri dark.

Coffee finder

Not sure which to ask for?

Four questions, thirty seconds. You end up with one specific coffee, not a category.

1 / 4

How do you brew at home?

2 / 4

What kind of flavour are you after?

3 / 4

Caffeine?

4 / 4

How deep are you into this?

Every Saturday

I'm there on Saturdays

Every Saturday morning I'm at the Vác market: brewing, pouring tasters, and you can pick up your online order there too — free.

Market & pickup points

12 September

Next market Vác Saturday market · 7:00–13:00

Address: Vác, Káptalan u. 3.
What we bring: Fresh whole bean, drip bags, brewed coffee
Payment: Card and cash
Order collection: Free, paid in advance

Can't make Saturday? You can also collect here: Budapest: 1023 Budapest, Frankel Leó út 49. · Vác: 2600 Vác, Zrínyi u. 33.

Coffee community

One table.
Many conversations.

Costa Rican hospitality, international curiosity and specialty coffee in one place.

Come to a tasting

I'm José — I roast it, and at the tasting I pour it too.

Tiko Club

Never run out of good coffee

Fresh coffee every month, pause it whenever you like.

4 590 Fta month, 10% off

How it works

For cafés and companies

Let's start with a week on your machine

We are a small roastery in Vác, and that is the advantage: you are not picking from a catalogue. We roast for your machine and your guests. We deliver to Budapest and around Vác ourselves.

Cupping table with sample trays and lot cards

Guest coffee for a week

We pick a lot together, I bring it over, dial it in on your machine, and for one week it is your guest coffee. Your guests say whether it works — not me.

Or it stays in the grinder

If it works, your place gets its own profile: roasted for your machine, on a fixed weekly or fortnightly order, in 1 kg bags with the LOT number and roast date on them.

Request a sample

Same for offices, teams and events: a monthly coffee order, machine setup, and a tasting for the team.

The biggest thing we do all year

Advent coffee calendar

24 days, 24 coffees, 4 countries. A different roast every morning — and by 24 December you'll know which one is yours.

24nap

24different coffees

4countries

12 990 Ftwhole bean version

Pre-orders open in 36 days. The waiting list gets the link first.

Our customers

What people said

★★★★★

"I have become a serious El Tucán supporter! Wonderful!"

Kati · Vác

★★★★★

"I loved the El Colibri — and it looks striking too. At the ambulance station, though, my colleagues went for the Cartagena."

Tibor · Budapest

★★★★★

"A Colombian good morning! You feel the difference at the back of your tongue. Divine!"

József

888 g batches

We roast in small 888 g batches — and every bag carries its roast date.

Foxpost & MPL

1–3 munkanap. 15 000 Ft felett ingyenes.

SimplePay & qvik

Secure payment by card or instant transfer.

Didn't like it?

Tell us and we'll sort it out. One bad cup isn't worth losing a customer over.

I picked coffee before I roasted it.

One green coffee.Three roasts.

Five lots, fifteen roasts

Brumas del Zurquí

Waykan

Yirgacheffe SP 010

The coffee isn't bad.The roast isn't yours.

Not sure which to ask for?

How do you brew at home?

What kind of flavour are you after?

Caffeine?

How deep are you into this?

I'm there on Saturdays

Never run out of good coffee

Let's start with a week on your machine

Guest coffee for a week

Or it stays in the grinder

Advent coffee calendar

What people said

888 g batches

Foxpost & MPL

SimplePay & qvik

Didn't like it?

The coffee isn't bad.
The roast isn't yours.