I am currently catching up on a lot of café reviews that I meant to have done long ago. You know how it is. You have your to-do list that keeps on getting longer and longer and longer. And then, before you know it, you have lost oversight. On this grey and stormy morning, however, I sat down to leaf through my notes and found that I still hadn’t written my piece about Andersen & Maillard, a fine roastery and bakery in Copenhagen.
During my visit to the Danish capital last summer, I was blessed with incredible weather. I was in town to attend the World of Coffee and was lucky to have planned my stay such that I could enjoy a full day in the city exploring cafés and visiting museums. It was one of the hottest days of the year and Copenhagen was showing itself off from its sweetest side. People were swimming in the water, there were parties on terraces and a general sense of joie de vivre.
For a long time, I had been an avid follower of Andersen & Maillard on Instagram, salivating over their dangerously yummy looking pastries. Sadly, we have so far not been able to partner up for a Coffeevine feature but who knows what the future will bring? On the day of my visit, the café was not super busy and many of the pastries had already been sold. I did end up having one of their rich pain au chocolat, which almost sent me over the edge as I had already been tucking into a lot of tasty food all day.
The space, which inside a former bank branch, houses a Loring coffee roaster and a bakery. It also offers plenty of seating inside and outdoors. Nørrebro, the area that is located in, is a mixed and vibrant part of Copenhagen that has fewer pretty buildings than other neighbourhoods but more spice and flavour.
I understood from the website that the team starts its day at 3 am to get those scrumptious pastries and breads ready for when the first customers come in at 7 am. At this point, I should also mention that they have two other locations around town but the one I visited houses the roastery. Unfortunately, no one from the roasting team was around to have a chat with. Better luck next time.
When it comes to its coffees, the sourcing reflects an ambition to offer the finest single origin coffees from renowned producers like the Chelbesa station in Ethiopia, one that has been featured in Coffeevine boxes many times. I ordered a fresh pour over of Colombia, Villa Betulia Pink Bourbon, which was fresh and juicy. A perfect coffee for that day.
