The Coffee Collective: Godthåbsvej, Copenhagen

Coffee is about waking up.

Sunday morning in Copenhagen has the air of the barely-risen. The city seems to be still stuck in slumber.

When I arrive at the café, its doors had just opened. Inside there is only a single barista, still deep in his calibration tasks. I’m the first customer of the day. Sweet.

This Godthåbsvej coffee shop is the third and newest of The Coffee Collective “bars”; it’s also their head office and roaster. Housed in an industrial building in Frederiksberg, the café has an aged charm that extends to the aforementioned barista. I had already visited their original shop at Jægersborggade and this has a different feel, albeit with the same attention to natural light and space.

One of the benefits of being the first and only customer (for a while anyway) is the opportunity to sit down relax and have a conversation with the barista. After glancing at the menu, my immediate choice is the award-winning Esmeralda Special Geisha.

However, it’s always fun to step outside of my comfort zone (and obvious choices) so I ask the barista for his recommendations. He questions me carefully and upon realizing I enjoy more fruity flavors, he chooses three different beans for me and makes me three cups of brewed black coffee.

He doesn’t tell me what the beans are until after I’ve tasted them and I shan’t mention them here either. Suffice to say, I enjoy every sip and our conversation that run the gamut of everything from what life is like as a young Dane to those butter cookies all non-Danish folks associate with Denmark.

What a beautiful way to spend a Sunday morning!

星期天的哥本哈根給人一種懶洋洋的感覺。
我抵達咖啡館時；它才剛打開門營業不久。
推開大門，裡頭只有一位咖啡師；正悠閒的在調校咖啡器，
而我是第一位客人。
看了菜單，原本想點翡翠莊園的藝妓，
不過想想前一天才在他們的老店喝過，而且行李裡頭還有好幾包呢，
於是便問了咖啡師有什麼好介紹。
在跟他討論了我喜歡的咖啡口味后，
由他為我選三隻豆子，沖泡三杯黑咖啡，
也不和我說是什麼豆子，先品嘗后再慢慢揭蠱。

由於沒有其他客人，我們倆便一邊品嘗咖啡一邊閒聊，
從咖啡到我對根本哈根的印象，
再從丹麥著名的牛油餅說到美食。
臨走前，還喝了一杯濃縮咖啡，才心滿意足的離開。
這里除了是咖啡館外，其實也是The Coffee Collective 的辦公室和豆子烘焙坊。
2012年時由一家舊工業建築改建而成，是The Coffee Collective最新的家族成員。
充滿自然光的長形空間，寬敞舒適，
在慵懶的星期天來這喝杯咖啡，實在是一件非常美好的事。