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Oslo specialty coffee

My coffee notes

Tasting notes from Oslo's best specialty coffee bars. Click a café to expand. ❤️ marks a personal favourite.

Field recording: "Ambience Coffee" by Matias44, Freesound (CC0)

–beans tried
–cafés
–avg rating
–favourites

The patterns

What the notes actually say about what I like — computed live from every bean above.

Average score by process

Average score by origin

Flavor language in my favourites

How I brew (pourover) ›
🫖Boil water, rinse the filter
⚖️32.5g coffee for 500ml water, ground fresh
Add grounds to dripper, tare to 0g
⏱️Bloom 30s, then pour to 200g
☕Circle-pour to 500g, ~3 min total, stir & serve
Adapted from timwendelboe.no

The places

Press on each café for my ratings

Tim Wendelboe Grüners gate 1 · Grünerløkka
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A famous roastery started by a World Barista Champion. Lots of Ethiopian and Kenyan coffee here — bright, floral, fruity. My favorites: Geisha El Vikingo, Echemo Ethiopia, Finca Tamana, and Finca El Puente.

Tatmara Ethiopia 74110 — Natural4 / 5Floral, tropical fruit, strawberry. Slightly burnt finish.
Caballero — Honduras, Niacinamento4.5 / 5SL28 variety — red berries, deeply satisfying.❤️
Geisha El Vikingo — Honduras Washed5 / 5Herbal, floral, citrus. One of the best.❤️
Finca Tamana — Colombia Washed—Herbal, caramel, chocolate. A repeat favourite.❤️
Finca Tamana Variedad — El Pital, Huila Colombia Washed4.5 / 5Sweet chocolate, caramel & red fruits.
Echemo — Ethiopia Heirloom Washed5 / 5Floral, white tea, stone fruits. Exceptional.❤️
Karogoto — Kenya SL28, SL14, Batian Washed4.5 / 5Blackberry, hibiscus, blackcurrant. Dark chocolate, slightly heavy.
Caballero Honduras Pacamara — Washed4.5 / 5Winery, ripe red berries, tropical fruits.
Cielito Lindo Ihcafe90 — Honduras Washed3.5 / 5Forest berries, herbal, cacao.
Nacimiento — El Salvador Pacas Washed4 / 5Stone fruits, red berries, herbal. A little too bitter.
Los Pirineos Pacamara — Honey—Winey, stone fruits, cacao nibs.
Kapsokisio — Kenya K7, SL28 & SL34 Washed4 / 5Rose hips, hibiscus & red berries.
Finca El Puente — Batian, Chinacla, La Paz Honduras5 / 5Producers Marysabel Caballero & Moises Herrera. Red fruits, plum, floral.
Fuglen Coffee Roasters Gamlebyen (roastery) & Sentrum
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Coffee bar by day, cocktail bar by night. Good Kenyan and Peruvian coffee — the Ngurueri and Kiambara were both excellent. The Ethiopian Biloya was a rare miss.

Ei Rejo — Washed—Stone fruit, raspberry, apricot.❤️
Peru — La Chancha Washed5 / 5Passionfruit, pear, yellow plum.
Peru — La Mandarina5 / 5Orange marmalade, wild berries, white tea.
Guatemala — Valentín Carrillo Washed4 / 5Raisin, dark chocolate, honeycomb.
Ngurueri PB — Kenya Washed (Kiamabara, Riuru 11, SL28, SL34, K7)5 / 5Plum, orange, papaya.
Kiambara — Kenya, Mugaga Co-op, Nyeri (SL28, SL34, K7, Riuru 11) Washed5 / 5Black tea, rosehip, blackcurrant.
Colombia Santa Barbara — Castillo Natural Anaerobic, Huila4.5 / 5Strawberry, mango, cocoa, funky, lemon candy.
Saime Cardenas — Costa Rica Red Honey, West Valley4.5 / 5Red honey process.
Biloya — Ethiopia Heirloom, Kochere Yirgacheffe Natural4 / 5Guava, apricot, dried cranberry on paper — read more like burnt, cheap coffee in the cup.
Gakuyu-ini — Kenya, Thirikwa Farmers Co-op (Gakuyu-ini Factory), Kirinyaga, 1572masl (SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11) Washed5 / 5Rhubarb, blackcurrant & yellow plum.
Kaffebrenneriet Multiple locations across Oslo
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The specialty chain you'll find all over Oslo. Reliably good. The Kenyan Muranga Gatagua and the Yirgacheffe Banko Gotiti are the standouts.

La Tia — Blue, Jasmine Honey, Berry-dried3 / 5
Sommernatt4 / 5
Muranga — Kenya Gatagua (SL-28, SL-34, Ruiri 11)5 / 5Blackcurrant, pineapple & lemon balm.
Kirinyaga — Kenya Kiburi (SL-28, SL-34, Ruiri 11) Dried without pulp4.5 / 5Plum, lime & vanilla. Gets slightly rancid/sour toward the end.
Yirgacheffe — Ethiopia Heirloom Banko Gotiti5 / 5Passionfruit, jasmine & honey.
Gaharo Hill — Burundi4.5 / 5Lime, blackberry & vanilla. Light and fresh.
Musasa — Rwanda Mbilima (Bourbon Mayaguez) Dried without pulp4.5 / 5Lemonade, morello cherry & honeydew melon.
Hayma Kharijiya — Yemen, Bait Alal (Yemenia) Berry-dried4.5 / 5Jasmine, maraschino cherry & mango.
Uraga — Ethiopia Heirloom, Tebe4 / 5Hops, honeydew melon & bergamot.
Muranga — Kenya, Kagaa (SL-28, SL-34, Ruiri 11) Dried without pulp5 / 5Pineapple, rock sugar & lemonade. 1,800 masl.
Sediloya — Ethiopia Heirloom, Limu Dried without pulp5 / 5Raspberry, red apple & black tea.
Java Ullevålsveien 47 · Bislett
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A small neighborhood spot near Bislett. Good light-roast filter coffee. The Peruvian Damian Espinoza was excellent — hazelnut, stone fruit, vanilla biscuit.

Kaffa Oslo — Light roast, Damian Espinoza, Cajamarca Peru5 / 5Hazelnut, stone fruit, vanilla biscuit.
Hakone Coffee Multiple locations across Oslo
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Japanese-influenced café with great pastries and several locations around town. Consistently good coffee — Mr. Mengeche Derso, Finca El Placer Pink Bourbon, and Finca la Fuente were the best of the bunch.

Mr. Mengeche Derso — Ethiopia Heirloom, Gedeo Yirgacheffe Natural5 / 5
Finca El Placer — Pink Bourbon, Huila Colombia Washed5 / 5Rose hips, red berries, aromatic — tastes like jasmine tea. 1750 masl, roasted by Koppi.
Las Mishas — Organic5 / 5
AA Gondo4.5 / 5
Bombe5 / 5
Trapiá — Brazil, Mantiqueira de Minas, Acaiá Natural4 / 5Sweet, juicy, balanced. Caramel, rosehip, stone fruit. Farm: Andrea Rangel & R. Pita, 1150–1400 masl.
Finca la Fuente — Colombia, Pink Bourbon5 / 5Roasted by Koppi.
Gitesi — Rwanda, Red Bourbon4.5 / 5
Frinsa Honey Tempeby — Indonesia (Ateng, P88, Bor Bor & misc.) Honey5 / 5Strawberries, tangerine, nectarine, pink florals. Yellow Bird prize winner.
Diofanor Ruiz — La Divisa, Quindío Colombia, Pink Bourbon Washed5 / 5Fig, violet, pear & pink fruits. 1800–2000masl, roasted by Yellow Bird Coffee.
Hibi Kaffe Jens Bjelkes gate 9A · Grünerløkka
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Kelloo Lalesa — Ethiopia Heirloom Washed4.5 / 5Peach, black tea. 2150 masl.

On the map

Rise & Sip! ☕› Katja outdoors, holding a coffee