Kiez Kaffee Kraft

Kiez Kaffee Kraft opened its first café in Prenzlauer Berg in 2014, after founder Marco Prüfer swapped marketing for coffee. His idea was a personal place built around community and caffeine. The formula caught on across Berlin and beyond, with third wave and specialty coffee setting the standard. Picture a weekday morning: espresso at the counter, laptops open along the tables, a dog settling under a chair.

The menu runs from espresso and filter coffee to cold brew, drip coffee and breakfast. Homemade chai, matcha and loose-leaf teas round it out, all available with plant-based milk. The homemade banana bread became the signature treat. Working with Field Coffee, the team also created its own Guten Morgen espresso blend. Every location keeps free Wi-Fi, outdoor seating and wheelchair access, and dogs and children are both welcome. The Pankow café sets out a spacious patio and a grassy area. Moabit, opened later, carries the same approach into another part of the city.

A catering service brings mobile coffee bars to events and offices, needing nothing more than a normal power socket. Since 2021 the team has run an in-house café for an international company in Friedrichshain, with a second added in 2023. Running joined the story around 2016, when Prüfer co-founded the Kraft Runners with a circle of friends. The crew met regularly at the café and took part in the Speed Project, a long-distance relay. The online shop ships beans, teas and vegan chai across Germany and Europe. On the merchandise the slogan reads Willkommen zuhause: welcome home. It fits the place: an espresso, a slice of banana bread, and Berlin going by outside the window.