Badeta Coffee Roasters De Pijp

The pink counter at this Amsterdam roaster café leads with twice-weekly house roasting, direct producer relationships, and a Badeta Blend built for the daily cup.

Twice-weekly roasting, with the blend kept close

The programme is the reason to cross De Pijp for Badeta Coffee Roasters De Pijp. Badeta is a roaster, retailer, and café, not a café that merely sells bags. Its line, “Alles voor de koffie,” fits: roasting in Amsterdam, beans on shelves, coffee at the bar, and hardware for home drinkers. The roast rhythm matters: the house roasts orders twice a week, so retail coffee is not an afterthought.

Start with the Badeta Blend, the house anchor for anyone wanting the roaster’s centre of gravity before rarer lots. Around it, the range runs from steady coffees to exploratory bags: Peru appears as a novelty coffee, Colombia La Victoria sits in the webshop, and other Badeta coffees have included Ethiopia Chelbesa, Colombia Peach Geisha, Uganda Bantu Blossom, Colombia Ruby, Brazil Samba Reserve, and Steady Eddy Original House Blend. The sourcing language is plain: single-sourced beans, direct producer relationships, fair pay, and sustainable agriculture.

A neighbourhood room, not a silent tasting bar

The De Pijp branch is a neighbourhood coffee room with roaster’s shelves behind it. Badeta’s Amsterdam spaces are known for pink interiors, informal service, and a conversation-friendly pace, giving this branch a warmer feel than the laboratory end of specialty coffee. It is counter service, but not just grab-and-go. Retail sits in the room, keeping the line between ordering a cup and choosing a bag usefully thin.

The useful hour is early, before regulars meet over coffee and others settle in for longer pauses. That matches the house style: roasted coffee first, then slower bean comparisons or questions about what is drinking well. Some Badeta spaces have a no-laptops policy, and the rhythm is more table talk than screen camp. Dogs are welcome, fitting the local feeling without making the room a lounge.

Start with the Badeta Blend, then take a bag home

Order the Badeta Blend first to understand the house: it is the standing coffee to judge before brighter, more unusual bags. If Colombia La Victoria is on the shelf, it is a good second step, showing the direct-sourcing side without needing a bar lecture. Ask about the Peruvian coffee when the counter is pointing people toward something newer.

For a non-coffee order, the chai latte has a small following, but this is mainly a coffee address. Food is not the reason to come. Drink at the counter, then buy beans if the cup lands. Badeta has grown from its De Pijp beginnings into multiple Amsterdam spaces, with another opening planned in 2026, and that growth makes sense when the daily roast programme is this clear.