Last updated on 06/19/2026
The scent of freshly roasted beans drifts through more and more courtyards and neighborhoods in Berlin. Many small roasteries have devoted themselves to coffee with great passion and tinker with their own blends from far-flung growing regions. The Berliner Kaffeerosterei in Charlottenburg tempts with over 80 loose varieties in which every lover can revel, while Barcomi's in Kreuzberg combines its own roast with American baking. Bonanza Coffee Heroes in Prenzlauer Berg serve coffee at a world-class level, for which the founders once traveled halfway around the globe. And Five Elephant stands for specialty coffee from direct trade and legendary cheesecake. Which bean will go into your grinder next?
Ellen Mehrhoff-Roddewig
With a roastery, what counts for me is what ends up in the cup and what lies behind it. I paid attention to the freshness and origin of the beans, to transparent information about cultivation and trade and to whether the roast brings out the aroma rather than burning it. It is also important to me that you can taste and get advice on site. Anyone who shares their passion wins me over quickly.
One of Germany's last private coffee roasteries is located in Charlottenburg, specifically on Uhlandstraße. Since 2001, they have been roasting beans from all over the world, operating an attached café, and understanding coffee culture as a craft with a philosophy.
In Berlin's Wedding district, Flying Roasters roast organic coffee sourced directly from fair cooperatives worldwide. No middlemen, no greenwashing: here, artisanal quality stands equally alongside genuine social responsibility.
With more then 80 varieties of coffee, the Berliner Kaffeerösterei ("Berlin Coffee Roasters") offers an enormous variety, guaranteed to make every coffee fan revel in delight.
Since 1994, Cynthia Barcomi and her team have been roasting their own Arabica beans and baking everything themselves in Kreuzberg's Bergmannkiez. With this, the American baking icon has not only created an institution on Bergmannstraße but has also shaped Berlin's coffee culture.
On Florastraße in Pankow, they roast their own specialty coffee in a communal roastery in Wedding and serve it directly in their own neighborhood café. Blaffke Rösterei stands for artisanal roasting culture without frills, with directly traded beans and homemade cake.
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In Berlin-Mitte, on Ackerstrasse not far from Rosenthaler Platz, Yvonne and Ivo Weller have been hand-roasting specialty coffees for over a decade. Röststätte Berlin stands for specialty coffee, its own Barista Academy, and Berlin's largest coffee accessory store, all under one roof.
Since 2003, Impala Coffee in Prenzlauer Berg has been passionate about its own roasts, which are known far beyond the neighborhood. The house brand African Queen stands for strong, characterful coffee that has attracted loyal regulars for over two decades. The roastery now operates four locations in Berlin.
Since 2002, 19grams Coffee has been one of the pioneers of Specialty Coffee in Germany. What started in Friedrichshain is now a Berlin institution with four cafés and a roastery directly at Alexanderplatz in Mitte, where fair-trade Arabica from all over the world is freshly roasted weekly.
Bonanza Coffee Heroes on Oderberger Straße has been a pioneer of Berlin's specialty coffee scene since 2006. Here, coffee is roasted in-house, precisely brewed, and true respect is paid to the Arabica bean with 14 grams per cup.
The Bonanza Coffee Heroes serve coffee on a world-class level! To get there, Yumi Choi and Kiduk Reus spent one year travelling from London to Italy, New York and the rest of the world familiarizing themselves with the best varieties of coffee beans and above all how to roast and prepare them properly.
