Kaffebrenneriet opened its first coffee bar on 30 November 1994 in a former perfumery at Bislett. Thomas Pulpan had moved to Oslo from San Francisco that year and missed the coffee bars he knew there, and he started it with his partner Steinar Paulsrud. Nobody wanted to rent them a shop for “just coffee”, so they chose an empty perfumery that was up for sale, took the ceiling back to 4.5 metres and found the terrazzo floor under layers of tiles and linoleum. Some of the first menu is still on it, among them café au lait served in a bowl and the Fransk Kontinental and Royal Malabar coffees.

Today it has more than 400 staff and coffee bars across Oslo, with more in Akershus, Trondheim, Fredrikstad and Drammen. Its own bakery started in 1999, when the French baker Patrick Dufaud began baking in the back room of one of the bars. Kaffebakeriet now has more than 45 staff and delivers to the coffee bars twice a day.

Kaffebrenneriet roasts every day in Oslo, in batches of 30 kg of green coffee, to orders from the bars and the online shop, and cups every lot it roasts each week before it goes out. It has supported Cup of Excellence since 2002, with several of its staff on the international juries, and roasts Cup of Excellence lots for its shelves. Its Direkte Handel programme works with farmers over many years: since 2009 Maria Botto in El Salvador has dried a lot of Nombre de Dios in the cherry at its request, and its work with the family at La Merced in Guatemala led to a school project. The range runs from house espresso blends and a dark French roast to Geisha and Cup of Excellence lots.

Locations

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  1. Kaffebrenneriet StortingetAkersgata 16, 0158 OsloStortingetOpen in Google Maps
  2. Kaffebrenneriet GrensenAkersgata 45, 0158 OsloGrensenOpen in Google Maps
  3. Kaffebrenneriet Aker BryggeBryggetorget 2, 0250 OsloAker BryggeOpen in Google Maps
  4. Kaffebrenneriet Lambertseter SenterCecilie Thoresens vei 21, 1153 OsloLambertseter SenterOpen in Google Maps
  5. Kaffebrenneriet SageneDannevigsveien 18, 0463 OsloSageneOpen in Google Maps
  6. Kaffebrenneriet BjørvikaDronning Eufemias gate 11, 0150 OsloBjørvikaOpen in Google Maps
  7. Kaffebrenneriet ColosseumFridtjof Nansens vei 5, 0369 OsloColosseumOpen in Google Maps
  8. Kaffebrenneriet RøaGriniveien 1, 0756 OsloRøaOpen in Google Maps
  9. Kaffebrenneriet GrønlandGrønlandsleiret 32, 0190 OsloGrønlandOpen in Google Maps
  10. Kaffebrenneriet Homansbyen HegdehaugsveienHegdehaugsveien 31, 0352 OsloHomansbyenOpen in Google Maps
  11. Kaffebrenneriet RådhusplassenHieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1, 0160 OsloRådhusplassenOpen in Google Maps
  12. Kaffebrenneriet SkøyenKarenslyst allé 22, 0278 OsloSkøyenOpen in Google Maps
  13. Kaffebrenneriet SpikersuppaKarl Johans gate 24, 0162 OsloSpikersuppaOpen in Google Maps
  14. Kaffebrenneriet ArkadenKarl Johans gate 7, 0154 OsloArkadenOpen in Google Maps
  15. Kaffebrenneriet HoltetKongsveien 96B, 1177 OsloHoltetOpen in Google Maps
  16. Kaffebrenneriet LørenLørenveien 43, 0585 OsloLørenOpen in Google Maps
  17. Kaffebrenneriet FrognerLøvenskiolds gate 2, 0263 OsloFrognerOpen in Google Maps
  18. Kaffebrenneriet GrünerløkkaMarkveien 60, 0550 OsloGrünerløkkaOpen in Google Maps
  19. Kaffebrenneriet Frogner StadionMiddelthuns gate 15A, 0368 OsloFrogner StadionOpen in Google Maps
  20. Kaffebrenneriet UrtekvartaletNorbygata 2, 0187 OsloUrtekvartaletOpen in Google Maps
  21. Kaffebrenneriet SæterNordstrandveien 42, 1163 OsloSæterOpen in Google Maps
  22. Kaffebrenneriet Homansbyen ParkveienParkveien 25, 0350 OsloHomansbyenOpen in Google Maps
  23. Kaffebrenneriet VikaterrassenRuseløkkveien 14, 0251 OsloVikaterrassenOpen in Google Maps
  24. Kaffebrenneriet KvadraturenRådhusgata 5, 0151 OsloKvadraturenOpen in Google Maps
  25. Kaffebrenneriet Annette Thommessens plassSchweigaards gate 17, 0191 OsloAnnette Thommessens plassOpen in Google Maps
  26. Kaffebrenneriet SolliSkovveien 8, 0257 OsloSolliOpen in Google Maps
  27. Kaffebrenneriet SentrumStorgata 2, 0155 OsloSentrumOpen in Google Maps
  28. Kaffebrenneriet Saga KinoStortingsgata 28, 0161 OsloSaga KinoOpen in Google Maps
  29. Kaffebrenneriet Alna SenterStrømsveien 245, 0668 OsloAlna SenterOpen in Google Maps
  30. Kaffebrenneriet BislettThereses gate 35B, 0354 OsloBislettOpen in Google Maps
  31. Kaffebrenneriet BirkelundenThorvald Meyers gate 25A, 0555 OsloBirkelundenOpen in Google Maps
  32. Kaffebrenneriet Olaf Ryes plassThorvald Meyers gate 55, 0555 OsloOlaf Ryes plassOpen in Google Maps
  33. Kaffebrenneriet Carl BernerTrondheimsveien 127, 0571 OsloCarl BernerOpen in Google Maps
  34. Kaffebrenneriet St. HanshaugenUllevålsveien 39, 0171 OsloSt. HanshaugenOpen in Google Maps
  35. Kaffebrenneriet TullinløkkaUniversitetsgata 18, 0164 OsloTullinløkkaOpen in Google Maps
  36. Kaffebrenneriet ValkyrienValkyriegata 3, 0366 OsloValkyrienOpen in Google Maps
  37. Kaffebrenneriet StoroVitaminveien 7, 0485 OsloStoroOpen in Google Maps
  38. Kaffebrenneriet TorshovVogts gate 50A, 0477 OsloTorshovOpen in Google Maps

Elsewhere

  1. Kaffebrenneriet SandvikaEngervannsveien 39, 1337 SandvikaSandvika, SandvikaOpen in Google Maps
  2. Kaffebrenneriet Fornebu SSnarøyveien 55, 1364 FornebuFornebu S, FornebuOpen in Google Maps
  3. Kaffebrenneriet StrømmenStasjonsveien 17, 2010 StrømmenStrømmen, StrømmenOpen in Google Maps
  4. Kaffebrenneriet LillestrømStorgata 26, 2000 LillestrømLillestrøm, LillestrømOpen in Google Maps
  5. Kaffebrenneriet JessheimStorgata 6, 2050 JessheimJessheim, JessheimOpen in Google Maps
  6. Kaffebrenneriet AskerStrøket 8, 1383 AskerAsker, AskerOpen in Google Maps
  7. Kaffebrenneriet TrondheimDronningens gate 9, 7011 TrondheimTrondheim, TrondheimOpen in Google Maps
  8. Kaffebrenneriet BakklandetNedre Bakklandet 2, 7014 TrondheimBakklandet, TrondheimOpen in Google Maps
  9. Kaffebrenneriet FredrikstadStortorvet 9, 1607 FredrikstadFredrikstad, FredrikstadOpen in Google Maps
  10. Kaffebrenneriet Drammen HelseparkJacob Borchs gate 17, 3012 DrammenDrammen Helsepark, DrammenOpen in Google Maps

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Kaffebrenneriet