Holm Kaffeerösterei Café

cologne has a genuine specialty coffee scene, and it keeps growing, but not every roaster that opens manages to hold its regulars close for long. holm kaffeerösterei café, on lindenthalgürtel 61 in the lindenthal district, has done exactly that. the fact that people come back, consistently, to a roaster that does its own production alongside its café service puts this place in a different category from shops that simply stock someone else's beans. if you're in the south of the city, or willing to cross it, lindenthal is a residential quarter that rewards that kind of detour. the standing here is built on repeat visits rather than novelty. a weekday morning on lindenthalgürtel 61, filter coffee in hand, is probably the right way to start.