Coffee Collective Carlsberg Byen — Restaurant in Copenhagen Municipality

Why do so many cafés all over the world look the same? Here you will find the usual designer mix of bare grey concrete, raw wood and metal. Am I in Tokyo, Helsinki or San Francisco? On the bright side there are very big windows and lots of light. The café is filled with expensive laptops and a beautifully dressed international crowd. The benches are hard and the wooden stools easily topple over, so be careful. The coffee is tasty but a big café latte is tiny, take six gulps and it's gone. And try asking specifically for hot coffee. You'll get it lukewarm. This is a constant battle in cafés where the barista is king and insists on deciding how my coffee is supposed to be even though I am the one drinking and paying for it....

Coffee collective sets a high standard for quality of coffee and roasting throughout Europe. Their shops are kept to similarly high standard - even at the busiest of times, everything was "up to spec". Simply put, I've never had a bad cup or a bag there. Their hot chocolate and milky drinks are equally impressive. In addition this is the nicest one I’ve been to.

The 4 stars go simply for not having a decaf option. As leaders in sourcing and roasting, I was surprised to learn they had none. With so many roasters dipping into a magnificent world of decaf, if they do not want to develop their own, they could import it from another roaster as a guest (Square Mile, Cogito,...

This was on my list of coffee places in Copenhagen and the very 1st stop I made the morning after we landed. Luckily there was one near our rental so made a beeline right after it opened. Minimalist and warm interior serving robust coffee. Also got the cardamom bun which was a tad bit too sugary but perfect with coffee. There were regulars that came and some fired up their laptops and were working from there. Came back the next morning to try their Takesi Geisha coffee since it was hyped up in the media but it was not my cup of tea. All in all I’m happy I got to experience this...