Koun Coffee

Their own roast, poured at the bar

Koun roasts what it pours, which is the simplest way to understand the place: coffee selected, roasted, brewed, served and sold under one name, as the house line puts it. Two friends who had been roasting together since 2016 opened it, and the retail range shows where their attention goes. Sidra Natural Colombia, Watermelon Colombia, Colombia Espresso Washed, Gesha Washed Colombia, Kenya Natural Filter, Peru Espresso Bio Washed, Colombia Pink Bourbon Washed and Brasilien Espresso Natural have all come through the shelf, with Colombia clearly the centre of gravity and Kenya, Peru and Brazil around it. Sourcing is direct trade: farm visits, prices agreed with the growers, and beans traceable back to where they were picked.

A modern Vienna room for origin talk

The café itself is modern and stylish without being cold, a renovated room with indoor and outdoor seating and a bar where the conversation tends to turn to roast and origin if you let it. The atmosphere is casual rather than formal but unmistakably specialised, a neighbourhood destination for people who care which farm the coffee came from and how it was treated afterwards. The quality signals are specific rather than vague: Koun took the Austrian Vice Roasting Champion title in 2023 and was placed among the top three roasteries in Vienna by Falstaff in 2025, both of which match a roastery-first identity more than a café-first one.

Order the cortado with the vegan croissant

Start with the cortado. It is the cleanest espresso-and-milk read on the roast, small enough that the coffee stays in front rather than disappearing under milk. Filter drinkers have a separate path, since the single origins are split between espresso and filter selections rather than run off one house blend, and something like the Kenya Natural Filter shows what the roaster does with a lighter profile. Labels such as new, limited and top seller move around the shelf, so the line-up changes through the year. For something sweet, the vegan croissant is the order, and the ube version arrives freshly baked and still warm when the timing is right. A salted vanilla latte sits on the sweeter end of the drinks board, and cakes, pastries, breakfast plates and a wide tea selection mean the cortado and croissant can anchor the visit without limiting it.