BALTHASAR Kaffee Bar

“Wir lieben Kaffee”, we love coffee, is the BALTHASAR motto. Otto Bayer runs the bar in Leopoldstadt together with Theresia Bayer, a qualified barista.

The coffee is roasted for BALTHASAR by Wildkaffee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, run by Leonhard Wild, a friend of the house who shares its values and standards. BALTHASAR deliberately does without the familiar certification labels and buys directly from producers instead, and the shared goal with Wildkaffee is to improve the situation of coffee producers in the countries of origin for the long term. The beans roasted for the bar are sold at the counter and online.

The menu runs from espresso through several filter methods to cold brews and iced coffees, with teas, organic lemonades and a few wines. As far as possible the food, from pâtisserie to sandwiches, comes from local producers whose philosophy matches the bar’s. There are no reservations.

Around the corner, in the BALTHASAR LAB, coffee is taught as well as drunk. Theresia leads barista workshops for groups of four to six at the brew bar and the espresso machines, from the coffee plant and tasting to latte art, starting with a small breakfast, and the LAB runs workshops for businesses too.

Photograph: BALTHASAR Kaffee Bar