Talormade

House-roasted coffee and scratch doughnuts

Two things at this Oslo café are made rather than bought: the coffee, roasted under the Talormade name, and the doughnuts, made from scratch every day at the Bjørvika bakery. That combination is the point. This is not a doughnut counter with coffee attached; espresso and filter both matter, and filter in particular is what gives the place an edge over the average doughnut café.

The signatures are the silky chino, cold brew, a matcha latte and the doughnuts themselves. The doughnut range runs wide, from classic chocolate, sugar and cinnamon through to vegan versions, and pastries and bagels fill in around them. Beans go beyond the counter too, sold for doorstep delivery and on a membership that keeps coffee stocked at home, which makes the roastery side real rather than decorative.

Glass frontage on the Bjørvika waterfront

The room sits on the Bispevika edge of Bjørvika in a glass-fronted space that catches daylight and water, with museum foot traffic passing outside. It is bright rather than hushed, and reads as a lively bakery café rather than a quiet coffee room for lingering over a single cup.

Plants, neon, pale surfaces and a counter in constant motion set the tone, with seating outside when the weather allows it. Service is friendly and brisk, which suits a case where people choose a doughnut, order espresso or filter, and move between takeaway, a short sit-down and buying beans on the way out. The waterfront draws a mixed crowd, so the room rarely settles into one kind of visit for long.

Order the chino with a doughnut

Start with the chino and add a doughnut. That pairing gets closest to what Talormade is: a house-roasted espresso drink beside something made from scratch that morning a few steps away. If you would rather the coffee led, order filter, which shows the roasting more plainly than milk does.

At the case, chocolate, sugar and cinnamon are the reference doughnuts, but breadth is the real appeal, and the vegan versions widen it further. For a fuller order, bagels and other pastries sit alongside, and the bakery also makes doughnuts for weddings, birthdays and other events, so what is in front of you is only part of the output. Take beans home if the roastery side is what draws you in.