Montag, 20. Oktober 2014

innsbruck's coffee

So what's new in coffee? For Innsbruck the answer is rather simple: Nothing!
There's literally nothing new and awesome going on in the coffee industry in Innsbruck.
Well let me explain myself...
I moved to Innsbruck a couple of months ago and since then I was trying to find a meaningful job in Innsbruck's coffee industry. The Problem is however that there does not seem to be such thing as a coffee industry in Innsbruck. There's two roasters both quite conservative. Unterberger is Austria's oldest coffee roaster but that does not mean that it is remarkably good. It more or less seems to be copying italian style coffees. And that's exactly the point!
I blame Italy for the lack of good coffee in Innsbruck. Geographically it is very close and therefore the influence is rather strong. Italy brought espresso and espresso based drinks to Innsbruck and basically everywhere you can read signs like 'real italian espresso'. Nobody seems to realise that this is not automatically a good thing. Italian espresso blends tend to be darkly roasted with a good crema and strong roast flavours. Associations with dark chocolate and nuts are intended, fruity flavours are ignored. Personally I kind of like that in a cappuccino because combined with well steamed milk it results in a rich and balanced flavour. The problem however is that only a few people here seem to be able to handle an espresso machine properly. I found two spots yet which is quite disappointing for a city with 190k inhabitants.
So I am quite frustrated and keep on searching. If you have a recommendation for me I would be so happy!

1 Kommentar:

  1. A bit late, but we (Cafe/Bistro "haepinest") are trying to change that now :)

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