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Schamong Kaffeerösterei
Cologne, Germany
Schamong is Cologne’s oldest coffee roastery, founded by Josef Schamong on Venloer Straße in 1949. It still roasts daily at its Ehrenfeld factory and sells whole-bean and ground coffee — espressi, filter roasts and blends — from its traditional shop on Venloer Straße and online.
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coffees
Germany
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Location
Schamong Kaffee – Venloer Straße
Venloer Straße 535, 50825 Köln, GermanyMon–Fri: 09:00–18:30 · Sat: 09:00–16:00 · Sun: closed
Coffees
31 coffees
The house blend created by founder Josef Schamong and almost as old as the roastery itself: a soft, harmonious, medium-strength mix of Brazilian and Colombian coffees with hints of almond and apple.
Almond, apple
Named after the listed Helios lighthouse, an Ehrenfeld landmark of the industrial 19th century, and sitting between the Kölner Melange and Ehrenfeld Spezial: full-bodied with brittle and raisin notes. Schamong says it took gold at the Deutsche Röstergilde tasting in 2016.
Brittle, raisin
Schamong's Kölner Melange® of Central and South American coffee and espresso beans: strong and characterful, and very low in acidity thanks to a gentle roast.
Strong, low acidity
Schamong's monthly roast, and a real rarity: coffee from South Sudan, which still has stands of wild coffee trees thought to have spread from neighbouring Ethiopia, brought to Cologne by Omwani Coffee. Distinctly spicy with a sweet base: cardamom and dried dates as filter, long blood-orange and pistachio notes as espresso.
Cardamom, dried dates, blood orange, pistachio
Schamong's 77th-anniversary roast from Cologne's oldest roastery: the "Tarsila" community blend from 40 small farmers around São José do Rio Pardo, named after painter Tarsila do Amaral, herself from a coffee-farming family. Nutty, chocolatey, full and sweet; this is the espresso roast, made for a flat white.
Nutty, chocolate, full-bodied, sweet
Finca La Cristalina from Colombia, decaffeinated with the sugarcane (ethyl acetate) process and roasted as espresso: plum, dark chocolate and fruit.
Plum, dark chocolate, fruity
A 100% Robusta espresso: wild and strong, with cocoa and caramel.
Cocoa, caramel, wild
A soft, lively espresso blend built on Ethiopian Sidamo with Brazilian Robusta; ideal for moka pot and portafilter.
Soft, lively
From the Capim Branco farm in Brazil, roasted as a fruity espresso.
Fruity
Schamong's 100% Arabica Cologne espresso classic Coloniese®: strong, invigorating and bittersweet. Recommended by Der Feinschmecker.
Strong, invigorating, bittersweet
A medium-strong espresso with a crema that easily passes the "sugar test"; Schamong says it was awarded by the Deutsche Röstergilde.
Medium-strong, fine crema
Finca La Esperanza from Colombia, roasted as espresso: juicy and fruity.
Juicy, fruity
La Helena from Colombia, roasted as espresso: aromatic and full-bodied.
Aromatic, full-bodied
An espresso from the Sheka Forest project in south-western Ethiopia: chocolatey and lively.
Chocolatey, lively
Schamong's take on the classic southern-Italian espresso: dark, intense and full-bodied yet soft.
Dark, strong, intense
Super soft and super strong: 80% Robusta from India and Brazil drives a natural Brazilian Arabica, giving a huge crema and a strong, peaty body.
Peaty, heavy body, big crema
Brazilian and Colombian Arabica for finesse with 40% Brazilian Robusta for body: medium-strong, round and nutty.
Nutty, full-bodied
The filter roast of Schamong's 77th-anniversary coffee: the "Tarsila" community blend from 40 small farmers around São José do Rio Pardo, Brazil. Nutty, chocolatey, full and sweet, roasted the way filter coffee was 77 years ago.
Nutty, chocolate, full-bodied, sweet
Finca La Cristalina from Colombia, decaffeinated with the sugarcane (ethyl acetate) process and roasted for filter: pineapple, hibiscus and florals.
Pineapple, hibiscus, floral
From the Capim Branco farm in Brazil, roasted for filter: sweet aromatics and a juicy cup.
Sweet, juicy
Unsere Röstung „Extra Mild” ist eine unserer säureärmsten Röstungen. Wenn es also etwas milder sein darf, ist dieser Kaffee die perfekte Wahl!
Mild, very low acidity
An online-only Colombian filter roast: strong, with fine acidity and a profile of nuts and melon.
Nut, melon
Finca La Esperanza from Colombia, roasted for filter: juicy and fruity.
Juicy, fruity
La Helena from Colombia, roasted for filter: classic Colombian character with a medium body.
Medium body
The "elephant bean", first found in Brazil in 1876 and famous for its huge size: a rarity with a very soft cup and elegant acidity.
Very soft, elegant acidity
Coffee once changed colour and flavour on months-long voyages to Europe in the holds of sailing ships; farmers on India's Malabar Coast now recreate that by exposing the beans to the monsoon winds. Herbal and very low in acidity.
Herbal, very low acidity
Schamong's Kenyan filter roast from Ol'Ochoy: full-bodied, lively and elegant.
Full-bodied, lively, elegant
A Sidamo from coffee's original homeland: spicy, with a heavy body and a seductive fullness. Recommended by Der Feinschmecker; Schamong says it took gold from the Deutsche Röstergilde in 2012.
Spicy, heavy body
A Costa Rica Dota from the Tarrazú mountains south of San José, grown on volcanic soil: lively and layered with a dynamic but soft acidity.
Light, fine acidity
An online-only filter roast of Brazilian coffee from around Guaxupé in Minas Gerais, one of the country's best-known growing areas. Spicy and full.
Spicy
WE:FC ❤ SCHAMONG 250g ganze Bohne – limitiert Der neue WE:FC-Espresso in Zusammenarbeit mit Kölns ältester Rösterei Schamong vereint genau wie der Effzeh und Schamong Tradition mit Moderne: klassisch-italienische Barkultur mit dem Specialty Coffee des 21. Jahrhunderts. Ein Blend brasilianischer Kaffees, bestehend aus 48 % Arabica von der Farm Capim Branco und 52 % Robusta aus den Montanhas do Espirito Santo. Für Alle, die auf kräftig schokoladigen Geschmack genauso stehen. Egal ob pur als Espresso, oder im Cappuccino oder Flat White – die Röstung bringt Euch in Schwung, wie die Südkurv unsere
genauso stehen