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This may come as a surprise, but for the best coffee Antwerp is the place to be. The port of Antwerp has been a major hub for coffee for several centuries: from all over the world, ships bring huge cargos of green coffee beans here. The city is also second to none when it comes to coffee storage and warehousing. From the most exotic and rare coffee types, roasters and dealers choose their own blends. At one time, every neighbourhood had its own coffee roasting house; nowadays you still have Koffie Verheyen in Deurne and the Cuperus coffee bar on Sint-Katelijnevest. You can also still have your own blend roasted at Jespers at Oever 16. Of course you can also get a barista to do the work for you. Antwerp has numerous hip coffee bars with bizarre names such as Normo, Mademoiselle Moustache, Broer Bretel and Mokkakapot.
Take a cup and pour it full of steaming coffee from Koffie Verheyen. If you have a sweet tooth, add some candy sugar or a lump of organic cane sugar from Candico. Dip an Antwerps Handje in the coffee for a second and pop it straight into your mouth. Still in the mood for an extra treat? Enjoy a mokatine – a local coffee-flavoured sweet – while savouring the last of your coffee. Your coffee experience can’t get more Antwerp than that! Or order a cup of Antwerp coffee at a café. It’s like an Irish coffee, but with the Antwerp speciality Elixir d’Anvers instead of whisky. Elixir d’Anvers is a herbal liqueur prepared from 32 plants and herbs from all over the world.
Check out this video about how the coffee beans arrive in Antwerp, how they are roasted and how an Antwerp barista creates a divine cup of coffee. Or tour the coffee hotspots of Antwerp with this video from thisisantwerp.