COFFEE WAS RESPECTED IN MY HOUSE SINCE CHILDHOOD. FROM 1994 I WAS USED TO SELL DIFFERENT BRANDED COFFEES, BUT I HAD MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS, SO WHEN THE TIME COME I THOUGHT COFFEE IS A RIGHT THING TO DO...

STARTED TO ROAST SINCE 1999 AND CREATED "SVIEZIA KAVA" TO SERVE PEOPLE FRESHLY ROASTED COFFEE - BIGGEST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AT THAT TIME IN OUR AREA.

2001 WAS FIRST "COFFEE CHAMPIONSHIP IN LITHUANIA" MY COFFEE WAS SELECTED AS THE BEST AMONG THE OTHERS, SO I STARTED TO GET DEEPER IN TO COFFEE. AFTER 4 YEARS I DECIDED TO CREATE SCAE LITHUANIAN CHAPTER AND IN 2005 TO ORGANIZE FIRST LITHUANIAN BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP ACCORDING TO WBC STANDARTS.

MEMBER OF CUP OF EXELLENCE SINCE 2005 WHEN I CAME TO NICARAGUA FOR MY FIRST JUDGING, OVERALL I WAS JUDGING COE IN EVERY COUNTRY.

WHILE FOSTERING QUALITY COFFEE IN OUR COUNTRY ALSO NEIGHBOR COUNTRIES AND DESPITE THE CLIMATE ISSUES I STILL HAVE A HUGE WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN A BIGGEST QUALITY COFFEE PROGRESS.