After ten years of private coffee nerdery alongside his job as a German teacher and several stints in the Munich coffee scene, Markus Pyttel finally dared to turn his love of coffee into a full-time job. And opened the coffee shop Sweet Spot Kaffee at Heiliggeiststraße 1 on Viktualienmarkt. Markus doesn't want to run just another café, however; his focus is clearly on coffee quality. His claim:

"To find the best seasonally available coffee in the region, but also in Europe as a whole, represent it as well as possible in the cup and give it to you as beans to take home. So that more people understand what coffee actually tastes like - namely not "like coffee"."

What does Markus mean by that? If you ask around what coffee actually tastes like, you often get the answer "bitter". If this is actually the case, the beans have been roasted too long or even burnt. Because coffee - in its pure, black form - should actually taste fruity and fresh or a little sweet, depending on the variety.

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At Sweet Spot Kaffee near Markus, you can get exactly this kind of coffee with a sophisticated taste - either black or as a cappuccino, flat white or macchiato. There is also a small selection of Florentines, French rolls and muffins to go with it, which make the coffee experience at Sweet Spot pretty much perfect. Not least because the view out of the window of the Alter Peter and the hustle and bustle of the Viktualienmarkt is not the worst in the city.

Sweet Spot Kaffee is a little happy place for anyone who values good coffee. Stop by for a coffee break - although there isn't much space in the café - or get advice on which variety or roast you should try at home. So whenever you find yourself at the Viktualienmarkt in the near future or are looking for good coffee, head to Sweet Spot Kaffee.

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