Cof­fee is such a touchy sub­ject in Ber­lin. Basic­ally, there are two types of cof­fee drink­ers in the city: those who believe that a good cof­fee is of the highest pos­sible qual­ity, with fresh beans, and an ana­log pro­duc­tion style. And then there are those who will punch you in the face, not only for mak­ing such a stand­ard bever­age a rocket sci­ence, but also for pay­ing the same price for a tiny Cap­puccino as for a gal­lon of gas.

If you belong to the lat­ter group: believe me, I’m with you. I can drink any kind of cof­fee if I need it and I don’t need my milk to be foamy, the beans clev­erly pro­cessed or a cat-shit spe­ci­al­ity. At the same time I don’t mind if the cof­fee is bet­ter than aver­age, that is, I can totally taste the dif­fer­ence between the notori­ous “ser­i­ously I don’t care about any­thing give me cof­fee” type of cof­fee and the more pop­u­lar “Well, I could drink a very nice and tasty creamy won­der­fully rich cap­puccino that costs me a mil­lion Euro”.

Long story short: if you’re look­ing for a really, really good cof­fee, check out Bon­anza Cof­fee Her­oes in Pren­zlauer Berg. They’ve been there for quite a while now and every time any one of us heads up to the Mauer­park (or to Pren­zlauer Berg in gen­eral) we can’t pos­sibly just leave without hav­ing an exclus­ively deli­cious cup. Bon­anza Cof­fee Her­oes are crazy about their product and believe me, these dudes know everything.

The baris­tas at BCH know how to roast, toast, blend, dec­or­ate and make you feel like you’re not worthy of such a per­fect cup of cof­fee. Even for someone as ignor­ant as me it’s quite clear that this is as good as cof­fee gets, and I sug­gest you give it a try too if you’re still unsure.