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Specialty coffee in Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg, the leafy separate municipality west of the centre, has branches rather than flagships: Coffee Collective on Godthåbsvej, Prolog on Marguerite Vibys Plads and Impact Roasters at Flintholm station. Kaffevaerk's coffee bar and shop on Smallegade is the local roaster to visit.
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No. 1
Coffee Collective Jægersborggade
Nørrebro+6 locationsMust-try
Coffee Collective opened its first shop on Jægersborggade in 2008, and this small Nørrebro room is still the place to start. It roasts everything itself, buys directly from farmers and publishes what it paid for each coffee. Expect light, clean roasts with fruit and floral notes, and ask what is on filter today. The roastery runs coffee and roasting courses, and during World of Coffee 2024 it held meet-the-producer cuppings. Six more bars are spread across the city, including one in the Torvehallerne market and one in a former bodega on Kristen Bernikows Gade.
Jægersborggade 57, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 2
Prolog Coffee Bar Meatpacking District
Vesterbro+3 locationsMust-try
Sebastian Quistorff and Jonas Gehl opened Prolog in 2016 as a narrow bar in Kødbyen, the old meatpacking district, and it has grown into a roastery with four bars. The original keeps a few seats inside and a couple of tables outside, and on sunny days people sit on the pavement. The menu is mostly light-roasted single origins, served as espresso, filter or V60 pour-over. For a different room, the Papirøen bar sits in a glass building on the harbour, with high ceilings, wood and views toward Nyhavn. The other two bars are on Randersgade in Østerbro and on Marguerite Vibys Plads in Frederiksberg.
Høkerboderne 16, 1712 København, Denmark
No. 3
Impact Roasters
Amagerbro+4 locationsGood
Impact Roasters is a cooperative roaster that buys Ethiopian coffee from small farms in the south of the country and roasts it in Copenhagen. Its café on Holmbladsgade in Amager is a neighbourhood spot where you can take your coffee to go or stay, try different brewing styles and buy beans for home. Barista Magazine calls it a safe bet for Ethiopian coffee. The other cafés are on Valby Langgade, at Valby and Flintholm stations, in Carlsberg Byen and inside Café Buenavista in Nørrebro.
Holmbladsgade 14, 2300 København, Denmark
No. 4
Kaffevaerk
FrederiksbergGood
Kaffevaerk is a roastery with a focus on organic and sustainable coffee, and its local coffee bar and shop is on Smallegade in Frederiksberg. It roasts in Farum and covers everything from light to dark roasts and from single origins to blends, so it is a good place to taste before you buy a bag. The shop also stocks brewing gear and barista tools.
Smallegade 22, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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