Bean Bank has run coffee shops in Zurich since 2020, and the team has brewed and tasted coffee for about two decades, with the motto “better coffee and less Marketing”. There are two shops in the city, one by Europaallee and one near Paradeplatz, and a third has opened in Basel.

The business now roasts its own coffee as Bean Bank Roasters, in a roastery with a roasting lab, a showroom and space for barista training. Its coffees come from Kenya, Ethiopia, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Brazil, with geishas from Colombia, Peru and Panama and a Sidra from Quindío, some of them sold in 100 g and 120 g bags. Coffees are roasted for espresso, for filter or for both, and a Brazil and Ethiopia espresso blend also suits milk drinks.

The mascot is Pondu, a galaxy-travelling panda and professor of coffee who arrives on Earth with a potted coffee plant.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: Bean Bank Coffee