Kopi Soesoe is an espresso bar and acoustic music stage on the Deliplein in Katendrecht, with a colourful terrace on the square. Its name is Indonesian for coffee with milk, and the house drink of the same name is an Indonesian coffee with condensed milk and cardamom.
The coffee comes from Manhattan Coffee Roasters and Schot. The espresso is Inacio Soares, a Brazil roasted by Manhattan, pulled on a La Marzocco Linea. Filter coffee runs through a Moccamaster, the baristas brew V60 and AeroPress when there is time, and the filter menu changes through the year. Every bean used at the bar is also for sale.
Breakfast is served every day, with homemade granola and a golden milk oatmeal, followed by sandwiches and toasties; the Kopi Soesoe toastie has peanut butter, sambal, cheese, pineapple, banana and bean sprouts. The cakes are baked in house, from a New York-style cheesecake with Madagascar vanilla to seasonal bakes with rhubarb or brambles, and the beer list runs to Budweiser Budvar, Saison Dupont and Orval. The small stage hosts regular intimate concerts, and the audience listens in silence. Kopi Soesoe is a laptop-free bar and takes no reservations.
Coffee on the shelf
- Manhattan Coffee Roasters roasts the espresso, Inacio Soares from Brazil
- Schot Coffee Roasters
Photograph: Kopi Soesoe