Hi dear coffee readers, winter is making me a bit slow with blogging but here am i again. In this post I will tell you about the cafe Pavillon, located in front of the landestheater, on the Rennweg 4 in Innsbruck.
Pavillon is a gourmet restaurant, built in a cubic shape and located in the middle of the plaza in from of the Landestheater. Inside has a very chic decoration, with glass walls. You really feel you are inside a crystal box, but dont get me wrong the environment is very cozy, and has very nice views to the historical buildings and the mountains.
The coffee they serve was very good, and the service was excellent. But my favourite were the cookies that they brought us with the coffee, simply delicious, i had to ask for an extra portion :)
So definately another cafe in Innsbruck to give it a try.
Hi dear readers. It seems winter is here, and there is an excellent place to drink a coffee or a glass of wine and watch the view of Innsbruck and the snowy alps: Cafe 360°. This place is located on the top floor of the Rathaus Galerie.
Is a very nice bar, where you can enjoy a 360° view of the city either from inside or from outside in the terrace. Although is a place for smart dress people, it offers very reasonable coffee prices. As the place is not very big, you feel the service is more personalized, and the barman can prepare you very interesting cocktails.
Hi dear readers. Today I am writting about a very traditional place, the Cafe Central, located at the Gilmstrasse 5 in Innsbruck. This cafe started in 1875. When I first visited Innsbruck, a very nice tirolean man of around 70 years old recommended me this cafe, he mentioned they offered the best breakfast in town.
The have a good variety of coffees and cakes. The place is elegantly decorated with Swarovski chandeliers, Thonet furniture and very gentle waitresses.
You can enjoy a coffee at Cafe Central while reading some of the many international newspapers they have available or from October to April you can enjoy live piano music on sundays.
After some weeks of silence I come back with a new post about a very interesting place in Innsbruck: Wolke 7, located in Hungerburg, nex to the lift to Seegrube at the Nordpark.
There are 4 ways to get there. One is to do a nice walk from the city center, is a short and nice trail of aprox. 3.5 km, the second one is by bus with the line J, the third one by car, and the fourth one with the cable railway that starts at the congress center. Wolke 7, is not only a cafe but also a restaurant.
Something very special about this place is the big terrace it has, where you can almost lay in some comfortables chairs and enjoy the awesome alps view. Im sure in Winter after skiing could be also a great possibility to relax.
I tried this time an ice coffee, very nice presented and delicious. The also have a good sort of strudels.
If you read this post on time you might be able to make it this weekend to Wolke 7, where will be the starting (or better „party“ ) point of the Nordketten Downhill 2009. Today the warm up party will take place starting at 18:00. Tomorrow, Saturday the big trial show starts at 18:00 and in the evening the Race party will be held. On Sunday at 12:30 is the final of the competition.
Hi dear readers, today i will write about the Cafe Testa Rossa, located in the city center at the Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 23, 6020 Innsbruck. You have to go inside the building and then go with the lift to the last floor.
It has a bohemian feeling, and is very visited by people around their 20's. It has a good range of coffees, but also a very good range of cocktails, try the caipiroska, is one of their specialities.
I have to say is a place for drinking, do not go hungry because there you won't find much variety.
Testa Rossa, also has a small nice terrace to enjoy the sunset. I will recommend this place if you want to hide a bit of the external world while drinking a coffee and having a private chat. But be careful the cocktails are strong, so you might get out of there a bit dizzy also :)
Hi dear readers. This time I will write about the history of the coffee. I have been reading from different sources, and here is the summary of what I gathered:
The coffee beans were first cultivated in Ethiopia. It is not clear who were the first to discover the coffee’s vitality power. There are two legends, one says it was a man from Yemen, the other a man from Ethiopia around the 9th century, who after eating the berries some energetic goats had eaten, became such as vital as them.
Another legend says that later a monk from Yemen who was in Ethiopia, saw the energetic power of these berries on the goats and their shepherd, and took some to his monastery. At the monastery the monks prepared the infusion as a tee, boiling the leaves and berries in hot water, and discovering the coffee’s awakening effects.
From Ethiopia, then the coffee spread to Yemen and Egypt, and the first to roast the coffee were the Arabs. By the 15th century the magical drink spread to the rest of North Africa and the Middle East. It is to be mentioned that the drink was first controversial and banned in certain regions due to its stimulating effects.
The drink was called qahwa, which in arab means wine. When it reached Europe in the 17th century thanks to the trade with the Ottoman Empire it was known as the „Wine of Arabia“.
Coffee first reached Venice, Italy, and from here spread all over Europe. The first Cafe was opened in Venice in 1645, and the first Cafe in Austria, was opened in Viena in 1683 by Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, a merchant and soldier who took coffee beans left by the defeated ottomans turks. His Cafe was called Hof zur Blauen Flasche, and he was the first to add milk to the coffee drink, giving origin to the famous Melange.
The introduction of coffee to the Americas was thanks to the french colonies, starting with Martinique. The first coffee plantation in Brazil started in 1727 after Francisco de Melo Palheta following the orders of the Brazilean emperor took seeds from the French Guinea.
In the 19th and 20th century the coffee plantations expanded to many other countries. Among them: Guatemala, Nicaragua, and off course Colombia. :) Later in the 20th century Vietnam entered into the coffee market, thanks to trade relations with the US.
Well, dear readers this was the first article on the coffee world, next month I will write about the main coffee producers and the different types of coffee beans. Looking forward to reading your comments.
Hi guys. August has had some nice sunny days. If you want to try another Cafe on a sunny day try Cafe Galerie. This cafe is located at pfarrgasse 6, Innsbruck. Just turning left on the corner of the Golden roof in the direction to the Dom.
Cafe Galerie despite its name is more a bar, specially inside as you can see in the picture. Actually the day we went there were more people drinking beer than coffee, and they offer more than 140 different cocktails from € 5.50.
They have an interesting egipcian decoration behind the front glass of the place. Dont know yet what it means, but i’ll try to find out.
We tried the good deal they have, cappuccino and strudel for only € 3.80. I would say is a good price – product relation. You can also have Sacher Torte and cappuccino for the same price.
If you have been here, and have tried some of the cocktails, other drinks or food, let me know your thoughts.
Diana, a coffee lover, coming from the country where the best coffee in the world grows: Colombia, thought about creating this blog, to let other coffee lovers now about interesting Cafes in Innsbruck, and about coffee in general.
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