Petra · Bebek

Beşiktaş

HoursOpen · Closes 20:00

TypeRoaster · Small Chain

Istanbul roaster placed fourth at the 2014 World Coffee Roasting Championship.

The Rimini result sits alongside a first place at the SCAE Roasting Challenge Turkey. Petra roasts on a 12-kilogram Probat with modified burners, to a Scandinavian profile. Kaan Bergsen left mixology for coffee, working at Stumptown and Toby's Estate in New York, before founding Petra with Can Duna in 2013. The company imports its coffee directly rather than through Turkish importers.

The Gayrettepe shop had Istanbul's first La Marzocco Strada, with a Mahlkönig EK43 for filter and Anfim grinders for espresso. Petra has been the Istanbul distributor for Anfim, Chemex, Baratza, and KeepCup.

At this shop

On Küçük Bebek Caddesi, the shop is reached along a planted garden path beside the building, its cream walls covered in ivy and no sign at street level. Small rooms lead off a tiled hallway: a mural of a vintage red-and-white seaplane covers one wall, and a second room looks onto the street through windows beside the espresso counter. Outside, seating continues on a wrought-iron-railed terrace and in a garden shaded by a mature palm.