Katie’s Blue Cat
by James Glazebrook
When we moved to “Kreuzkölln” (ew) seven months ago I would bemoan the lack of decent coffee this side of the Landwehrkanal; now it seems like every other street has an excellent café. Competition is fierce for the title Best Coffee in Berlin, so let me word this carefully: Katie’s Blue Cat produces the smoothest flat white south of Mitte… if you get lucky with the barista. It doesn’t kick like Passenger Espresso‘s double-shot caffeine bomb, and neither is produced as consistently as the velvety creations from The Barn…
Anyway, the real draw at Katie’s is their baked goods, all made in-store. We’re steadily working our way through the range of cookies, flapjacks, cheesecakes, and one-offs like chocolate and peanut butter pie and, on Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie. While our waistlines suffer, our tastebuds rejoice – and we’ll frequent the Blue Cat until we can’t fit through the door. And then we’ll switch to their delivery service(!), until our fingers are too fat to dial. But don’t let the image of our impending morbid obesity put you off – get down to Katie’s Blue Cat for sweet coffee and even sweeter treats.
Thanks for sharing. I am forever on the search for delicous baked goodies that you can’t find in the Berlin bakeries … can’t wait to check this place out the next time I am in the area.
Yep my mouths watering just reading about it ……looks scrummyness!!
yes, Yes, YES!
Hello James,
lovely pictures indeed! Thanks a lot!
I love coffee and have to try this Café!
If you haven’t already stumbled into it, you might also want to try Five Elephant Café in Reichenberger Str. It’s close and they serve excellent filter coffees from Kenya, Ethiopia and Costa Rica at the moment.
Oh, and things are gonna get better still in Kreuzkölln! I heard that our Berlin gourmet coffee heros of CoffeeCircle.com are gonna open their own Café + roaster next year.
Best! Rémond
Thanks for the kind words Rémond. I can’t take credit for the photos though, that’s my wife Zoë.
I’ve been to Five Elephant but for some reason only tried their latté – the typical German take, very very VERY milky. Head great things about their espresso and *love* filter coffee, so I must revisit.
Thanks for the good news about the Coffee Circle café/roastery. Can’t wait for that!