Badeta Coffee Roasters Watergraafsmeer

The counter in Amsterdam-Oost pours coffee Badeta roasted itself, and the shelf behind it sells the same beans by the bag. The Watergraafsmeer branch works as both coffee bar and shop, which is the clearest way to understand it: a neighbourhood place to drink a cup, and a place to take the roast home.

Roasted in Amsterdam, twice a week

The coffee is the reason to walk in. Badeta describes its range as coffee van boon tot bakkie, balancing everyday cups against more exploratory lots, and it roasts in Amsterdam with orders roasted fresh twice a week. Named coffees include the Badeta Blend, an Ethiopia Chelbesa and a Colombia La Victoria, with a Peruvian lot in the range for anyone wanting something less familiar. The Badeta Blend is the everyday coffee, built for broad appeal. Badeta Coffee Roasters works with single-sourced beans and direct relationships with the farmers who grow them, so origin, freshness and selection carry more weight here than a fixed house taste. At the bar that shows up as espresso, filter and a rotating single origin.

A daytime coffee bar with a shelf attached

The room is compact and gezellig, a daytime Amsterdam-Oost stop rather than an evening venue, with friendly service and a calm specialty focus. The retail side matters: beans and brewing equipment sit alongside the bar, which makes the visit as much about what you carry out as what you drink standing there. The result is a local coffee bar whose staff are connected to a roaster that puts sustainability and producer relationships at the front of its work, and which expects you to go home and make the same coffee properly.

Espresso first, then filter

Start with espresso for the most direct read on Badeta’s roasting. It is the strength of this branch and it suits the clean, roaster-led style. If you want a longer cup, take the filter, particularly when a rotating single origin is on: the format gives origin character more room than a milk drink does. For beans to take home, the Badeta Blend is the approachable choice, while the single origins, the Ethiopia Chelbesa, the Colombia La Victoria or the Peruvian lot, are the more origin-led route. Pastries are on the counter too, so the simplest order is a coffee with something beside it.