Wanting to track down the spirit of Copenhagen; we boarded the first flight from Frankfurt and let Copenhagen’s Metro spit us out at Torvehallerne. By 10am we had a COFFEE COLLECTIVE espresso pulled on Kees van der Westen‘s prototype, the SPIRIT espresso machine,
and a V60 Kieni in our hands.
But that was not enough. We wanted to get to the roots of COFFEE COLLECTIVE. So we jumped on the next bus no. 5A and headed to Jægersborggade 10.
We felt like we were stepping into someone’s small kitchen with a giant PROBAT roaster and La Marzocco GB5. It was so unexpected and felt like a kind of Alice-in-Wonderland, where everything else appears small and just the coffee big.
The atmosphere was fantastic, with Jens Lekman singing on the ipod and the Panama Esmeralda brewing for us on an inverted aeropress. 16g of the Geisha Variety, 170g water off the boil and 2 min later, we had a delicate, floral brew with the typical bergamot and apricot flavour profile produced by the Peterson family at Hacienda La Esmeralda. It was worth every bit of the DKK 50.
There was a continuous line of people waiting for a coffee, and the staff were relaxed and always with a smile. It felt good to be here. To end our coffee day, we ordered an aeropress of the Kenyan Kieni, with the aeropress producing a bolder and fruitier cup than the Kieni we had had earlier as a V60 pourover. It was pure deliciousness and simply wonderful to spend a Sunday at home with the COFFEE COLLECTIVE.
Another MUST and just across the road from COFFEE COLLECTIVE, is MEYERS BAGERI at Jægersborggade 9, 2200 Copenhagen N. The flours used are organic, cold-climate grain from the Nordic region.
Their Hindbærsnitter, a kind of Linzer bar, is out of this world, and we wished we could eat our way through the selection of breads and other pastries. It wasn’t difficult to come to the conclusion, that what really makes us happy, is a good coffee and a good bakery. And, of course, a Lufthansa crew to get us there!
