Original Coffee began in 2010, when the childhood friends Nikolaj and Philip set out on five coffee bikes under the name Rolling Coffee. In 2012 the name changed to Original Coffee, with the subtitle “Brewed by Friends”. An older brother, Jonas, joined, the bikes were sold and the first coffee shop opened on top of Illum, in AC Illum’s old office. Trianglen followed in March 2013, then Hellerup, a shop by the Marble Church, the lakes in Nørrebro and the Illum rooftop, with room for 70 guests along a terrace above Strøget. There are now 21 coffee shops across Copenhagen, from a 12.5 square metre counter in Torvehallerne to a Vesterbro room with an old pharmacy ceiling and raw granite walls, and three bars inside Tivoli.

The coffee is roasted at Bag Elefanterne, “Behind the Elephants”, in Carlsberg Byen, where the roastery and a coffee shop share one building with 150 years of brewery history and guests watch the beans being roasted. Head of Coffee Kasper S. Frandsen and head roaster Reza F. Anissi buy the coffee, trading as directly as local rules allow with cooperatives and individual producers, and each coffee is roasted, sorted and tasted every week on a Loring Kestrel 35 kg. A colour sorter takes out the second-grade beans, which go into Resource Blend, sold at a lower price. Original Coffee has been part of the Danish Alliance for Responsible Coffee since it began in 2022.

Since 2022 its own bakery, in a converted butcher’s shop in Kødbyen, has baked the bread and pastries for every coffee shop, with butter and milk from Thise Dairy, vanilla from Mette Ravn and wild-harvested cardamom from Tanzania.

Locations

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  1. Original Coffee Bag ElefanterneBag Elefanterne 15, 1799 København V, DenmarkCarlsberg ByenOpen in Google Maps
  2. Original Coffee BredgadeBredgade 36, 1260 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  3. Original Coffee ChristianshavnOvergaden Neden Vandet 41, 1414 København K, DenmarkChristianshavnOpen in Google Maps
  4. Original Coffee Illum 4th floorILLUM, Østergade 52, 1100 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  5. Original Coffee Illum RooftopILLUM, Østergade 52, 1100 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  6. Original Coffee IstedgadeIstedgade 64, 1650 København V, DenmarkVesterbroOpen in Google Maps
  7. Original Coffee Jorck's PassageJorcks Passage 1A, 1161 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  8. Original Coffee NordhavnGöteborg Plads 6, 2150 Nordhavn, DenmarkNordhavnOpen in Google Maps
  9. Original Coffee OrientkajAlexandriagade 8, 2150 Nordhavn, DenmarkNordhavnOpen in Google Maps
  10. Original Coffee StubkajStubkaj 7H/7G, 2150 Nordhavn, DenmarkNordhavnOpen in Google Maps
  11. Original Coffee PostbyenBernstorffsgade 36, 1577 København V, DenmarkVesterbroOpen in Google Maps
  12. Original Coffee Postbyen ArrivalBernstorffsgade 40, 1577 København V, DenmarkVesterbroOpen in Google Maps
  13. Original Coffee Sortedam DosseringenSortedam Dosseringen 9, 2200 København N, DenmarkNørrebroOpen in Google Maps
  14. Original Coffee Store KongensgadeStore Kongensgade 124, 1264 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  15. Original Coffee StrandlodsvejStrandlodsvej 13Z, 2300 København S, DenmarkAmagerOpen in Google Maps
  16. Original Coffee TorvehallerneTorvehallerne KBH, Hall 2, Stade A9, Linnésgade 7, 1362 København K, DenmarkTorvehallerneOpen in Google Maps
  17. Original Coffee TrianglenNordre Frihavnsgade 2, 2100 København Ø, DenmarkØsterbroOpen in Google Maps
  18. Original Coffee VandkunstenVandkunsten 4, 1467 København K, DenmarkIndre ByOpen in Google Maps
  19. Original Coffee Østerfælled TorvØsterfælled Torv 1, 2100 København Ø, DenmarkØsterbroOpen in Google Maps
  20. Original Coffee Tivoli PlænenTivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 København V, DenmarkTivoliOpen in Google Maps
  21. Original Coffee Tivoli Det Muntre HjørneTivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 København V, DenmarkTivoli
  22. Original Coffee Tivoli KoncertsalenTivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 København V, DenmarkTivoli

Elsewhere

  1. Original Coffee FrederiksbergGammel Kongevej 173, 1850 Frederiksberg, DenmarkFrederiksberg, FrederiksbergOpen in Google Maps
  2. Original Coffee HellerupStrandvejen 149, 2900 Hellerup, DenmarkHellerup, HellerupOpen in Google Maps

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Original Coffee