Roastery cafés in Germany

Cafelix

Berlin · Prenzlauer Berg

Roasts on a restored 1950s German 5 kg roaster, with farm-direct beans

19grams

Berlin · Mitte

Crema magazine's Roaster of the Year 2022, roasting at its Alex site

Bonanza Coffee Roasters

Berlin · Kreuzberg

Berlin's light-roast pioneer, roasting behind a courtyard café since 2006

Five Elephant

Berlin · Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg roastery café where pour-over is the order, with its famous cheesecake on the side

Kaffee 9

Berlin · Kreuzberg

Market-hall bar known for batch brew from house-roasted beans

Röststätte

Berlin · Mitte

Roastery, café and barista academy under one roof on Ackerstraße

The Barn

Berlin · Prenzlauer Berg / Mitte

Berlin's most iconic specialty roaster, now a ten-site group

Cøffe

Düsseldorf · Altstadt

Light in-house roasts with filter as the highlight

Ernst Kaffeeröster

Cologne · Südstadt / Sülz

Cologne's specialty pioneer, roasting its own Geisha and Rwandan lots

Heilandt Kaffeemanufaktur

Cologne · Belgian Quarter

Organic, drum-roasted in Cologne since 2010, served in a Belgian Quarter café

Signature Almost 20 coffee and espresso varieties, organic, bought directly from farmers (per Cologne guide)

Roastery Vier

Düsseldorf · Altstadt

Roasting room beside the counter, with Malawi-linked donation water

Schamong Röstkaffee

Cologne · Ehrenfeld

Cologne's oldest roastery, in the same Ehrenfeld building since 1949

Schvarz

Düsseldorf · Flingern-Nord

Roastery café in the old Farbwerke grounds, with filter courses

Van Dyck Roastery

Cologne · Ehrenfeld

Tiny Ehrenfeld shop where seats end at the roaster

Elbgold

Hamburg · Sternschanze

Flagship café is the roastery, with six filter coffees on offer

Playground Coffee

Hamburg · St. Pauli

Own roasts only, with a rotating seasonal filter menu

Public Coffee Roasters

Hamburg · Neustadt

Small Neustadt bar built around fruity filter roasts

Nord Coast Coffee Roastery

Hamburg · Altstadt

Five hand-brew methods, including the Karlsbader Kanne, in a vintage reading-room setting

Kalas Coffee

Leipzig · Südvorstadt

Seoul roaster with a 2015 World Coffee Roasting Championship podium, now in Leipzig

Franz Morish Kaffeerösterei

Leipzig · Plagwitz / Zentrum-Süd

Separate espresso and filter roast profiles, roasting visible from the benches

Phoenix Coffee Roasters

Dresden · Neustadt

Labels print the price paid and the producer's story

gangundgäbe

Munich · Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt

Giesen roaster in the shop, direct-trade lots, small espresso café near Kapuzinerstraße

Signature Direct-trade lots via Quijote Kaffee and Flying Roasters (Ethiopia, Ecuador, Guatemala); Espresso Hell (Honduras), Filterkaffee Ecuador

Man Versus Machine

Munich · Glockenbachviertel / Maxvorstadt

Probat-roasted light coffees with V60, Kalita, AeroPress and syphon on the bar

Vits der Kaffee

Munich · Altstadt

Direct-trade roaster pairing a Viennese coffeehouse room with a modern brew bar

Hoppenworth & Ploch

Frankfurt · Nordend

Crema's Roaster of the Year 2021, roasting on an antique Probat in Nordend

Bergbrand

Nuremberg · Altstadt

Seven filter and seven espresso coffees, roasted on demand

Mókuska Caffè

Stuttgart · West

Stuttgart's Giesen-roasting, direct-trade neighbourhood roaster