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Just a few meters from the Old Town Hall, the Coffe Baum is the oldest coffee house in Germany, right in the heart of Leipzig's old town. In the house's museum you can find information about the history of coffee.
In the heart of Leipzig's old town is one of the oldest coffee houses in the world. Saxony's favorite drink has been served here since 1711. The portal sculpture on the facade gave the house its name To the Arabian Coffee Tree. The building on the Barfußgässchen pub mile houses the rustic parlors on the ground floor, the Lusatia restaurant on the first floor and three cafés on the second floor. The historic guest rooms of the Café Français, the Viennese Café and the Arabic coffee shop have enchanted personalities such as Johann Christoph Gottsched, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Robert Schumann. Here, guests are already in the mood for their visit to the museum. Today, in addition to the famous “Scheelchen Heeßen”, hearty cuisine based on Saxon recipes can be enjoyed here.
There is also a coffee museum on the 3rd floor. Each of the cozy rooms has its own story, which gives an impression of the life and hustle and bustle of the Coffe Baum company at that time. On a tour through 15 museum rooms, more than 500 exhibits as well as audio and film documents lead to the traditions of Leipzig coffee house culture and Saxon coffee culture. Among them is a cup that Napoleon drank from in 1813, as well as roasting equipment, coffee preparation vessels, coffee house rules, flower coffee and a sample roaster. The story of the famous black bean is told as a cultural gift from the Orient: past and present around coffee as a pleasure and cliché, as a colonial good, as an explosive scarce commodity in the GDR and as a global commodity.
Due to renovation of the building, the museum Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum closed to the public. The museum will be open again from July 1.7.2025, XNUMX.
Just a few meters from the Old Town Hall, the Coffe Baum is the oldest coffee house in Germany, right in the heart of Leipzig's old town. In the house's museum you can find information about the history of coffee.
In the heart of Leipzig's old town is one of the oldest coffee houses in the world. Saxony's favorite drink has been served here since 1711. The portal sculpture on the facade gave the house its name To the Arabian Coffee Tree. The building on the Barfußgässchen pub mile houses the rustic parlors on the ground floor, the Lusatia restaurant on the first floor and three cafés on the second floor. The historic guest rooms of the Café Français, the Viennese Café and the Arabic coffee shop have enchanted personalities such as Johann Christoph Gottsched, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Robert Schumann. Here, guests are already in the mood for their visit to the museum. Today, in addition to the famous “Scheelchen Heeßen”, hearty cuisine based on Saxon recipes can be enjoyed here.
There is also a coffee museum on the 3rd floor. Each of the cozy rooms has its own story, which gives an impression of the life and hustle and bustle of the Coffe Baum company at that time. On a tour through 15 museum rooms, more than 500 exhibits as well as audio and film documents lead to the traditions of Leipzig coffee house culture and Saxon coffee culture. Among them is a cup that Napoleon drank from in 1813, as well as roasting equipment, coffee preparation vessels, coffee house rules, flower coffee and a sample roaster. The story of the famous black bean is told as a cultural gift from the Orient: past and present around coffee as a pleasure and cliché, as a colonial good, as an explosive scarce commodity in the GDR and as a global commodity.
Due to renovation of the building, the museum Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum closed to the public. The museum will be open again from July 1.7.2025, XNUMX.
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Public transport: The nearest stop is Leipzig Markt (lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S5X, S6, 89). The destination is about 150 m away on foot from there. Other stops in the vicinity: Goerdelerring, Thomaskirche.
Car: The nearest parking options are the inner-city parking garages. The nearest parking option is the paid underground car park "Q-Park Marktgalerie" (Thomaskirchhof, 04109 Leipzig).
Car: The nearest parking options are the inner-city parking garages. The nearest parking option is the paid underground car park "Q-Park Marktgalerie" (Thomaskirchhof, 04109 Leipzig).
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