Rent a Barista has made specialty coffee in Zurich since 2020, and its mobile coffee bar has worked more than 600 events. It is owned and run by its founder Ernst Kneubühler and by Dario Pieber. The mobile bar was created, and the courses are led, by a four-time Swiss latte art champion.
Since early 2024 it has roasted its own coffee in the heart of Zurich, at Stauffacher. Monday is production day: every coffee is roasted and packed fresh once a week, on a modern electric roaster chosen to roast with less impact on the environment. The green coffee is imported directly. The range is split into espresso roasts and filter roasts, with a coffee subscription.
The main shop is at Stauffacher, with seating outside. There is a small shop on Helvetiaplatz, another in Oerlikon since February 2025 and a café on Zwingliplatz in the old town, and the coffee truck parks at Hardbrücke on weekdays. Rent a Barista also teaches two courses, a latte art course for frothing milk and pouring a first heart, tulip or rosetta, and a home barista course on grind, extraction and pressure, in small groups in Zurich.
Coffee on the shelf
- Milchschokolade
- Marzipan
- Floral
- Honig
- Dunkle Schokolade
- Kandierte Mandeln
- Rose
- Cranberry
- Trauben
- tropische Früchte
- Schokolade
- Nutella
- nussig
- schokoladig
Photograph: Rent a Barista