Five Elephant Kreuzberg

one of those places berlin quietly builds a reputation around. five elephant sits on reichenberger strasse in kreuzberg, which means you're already in a part of the city that takes coffee seriously without needing to announce it. they roast their own beans, so what ends up in your cup has a shorter, more accountable chain behind it than most. that matters if you care where things come from. the neighborhood draws people who do. this isn't a stop you stumble into by accident, it's somewhere people plan around, build a morning around, come back to. if you're in the area, the filter coffee is the thing to start with.