Cafés El Magnífico
Barcelona · Spain
Cafés El Magnífico is a third-generation family business in Barcelona's Born district founded as the Cafés El Magnífico
Overview
Right Side Coffee was founded in 2012 by Joaquín Parra in his parking lot in Castelldefels, just south of Barcelona, with a budget that barely covered two bags of green coffee and a name that became its mantra. He is one of three sons of Rafa Moral, founder of Mare Terra, the largest Spanish specialty coffee importer. For over a decade Right Side operated as a purely wholesale roaster supplying Barcelona's third-wave pioneers — most famously Satan's Coffee Corner — before opening its own café in the Gothic Quarter in 2023, and Parra is a three-time Spanish SCA roasting champion who has competed at the World Roasting Championship in Nice and Guangzhou.
Known for
- Founded 2012 by Joaquín Parra in a Castelldefels parking lot, south of Barcelona
- Three-time Spanish SCA roasting champion (2013, 2017 among them)
- Long-time wholesale roaster for Satan's Coffee Corner and other Barcelona third-wave pioneers
- Restored 1993 Probat L12 and 1959 Probat UG22 roasters
- Right Side Coffee Bar opened in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter in 2023
Why it matters
Right Side belongs to a wider Moral family dynasty — Joaquín's father Rafa founded Mare Terra, the largest Spanish specialty coffee importer, and his brothers run other Catalan specialty operations including Hidden — which makes them one of European specialty coffee's deepest single-family stories. For a decade Joaquín deliberately stayed wholesale-only, which is unusual for a roaster of his profile and let him focus on producer relationships and roasting rather than retail; the 2023 Gothic Quarter café opening marked the first real shift in that strategy.
Production
- destoning
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- head roaster
- Joaquín Parra
- color sorting
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- roaster machine
- Probat L12 (1993) and Probat UG22 (1959), both restored
- filter equipment
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- cupping frequency
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- roastery location
- Castelldefels, Barcelona
- espresso equipment
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- annual volume tonnes
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Café
Carrer Arc de Sant Ramon del Call, 11, 08002 Barcelona
Recognitions
- Spanish SCA Roasting Champion (2013)
- Spanish SCA Roasting Champion (2017)
- World Roasting Championship competitor (Nice, Guangzhou)
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