What's Inside Specialty Coffee Shop? A Tour at FUKU Cafe in Amsterdam

One of the best cafes we ever visited! Take a look inside FUKU Cafe in Amsterdam with #barista champion Lex Wenneker. It combines competition level #coffee, both high-tech and rare coffee brewing equipment, creative design & cosy atmosphere 🙌 #europeancoffeetrip
FUKU Cafe by Friedhats
Bos en Lommerweg 136, Amsterdam
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[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

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[@edwinkarani5593]

Love it.

[@ChicagoTurtle1]

European Coffee Trip. Thanks for introducing this place. I will definitely make a visit this year. It’s now on my google map. Are there any other coffee places to visit in Amsterdam??

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

@@ChicagoTurtle1 thank you! Yeah, showing people where to drink speciality coffee is our main "job" - check our website: europeancoffeetrip.com/amsterdam. Enjoy the trip!

[@ThijszonTureluurs]

The people at Fuku/Friedhats are genuinely some of the friendliest coffee people there are. Lovely video.

[@CaffeineGalore]

I love this! Thanks for sharing. On my latest trip to Amsterdam I finally got to visit FUKU and was not disappointed!

[@CyraNoavek]

Thank you for this nice video visit to FUKU. I appreciate you taking the time to show me what the place is like! Coffee is so wonderful!

[@davidjonnes7496]

This is amazing! Watching this adds more to my planning for starting a pet dream of mine-starting a coffee cafe later on ...Thanks for the info.

[@antonmanov]

By far the best coffee place in Amsterdam and in the Netherlands. The coffee they roast is really amazing and the place is so unique because it really feel like a neighbourhood spot.

[@marythehustler7706]

Can u please help me get me any work there , me l Don't discriminate jobs, help me please, lam ready to relocate, thanks, God bless

[@Onew92]

I’m sold out at 1:01 LOL I think the atmosphere there, at the coffee shop is even better and funnier.

[@mjod]

Just ordered Friedhats' natural Ethiopia and natural El Salvador. They're my favourite roaster here by far.

[@SchoolofDuda]

Incredible place!

[@W1KT0R17]

I'm in love with Natural Ethiopia kochere from friedhats 💟

[@stephaam_music]

Very nice, thanks!

[@geekbaristas2666]

Met him at SIC at Belo Horizonte last year, great guy and makes a hell of a coffee 👌

[@pacman22XD]

Visited for the first time yesterday, it was amazing!!

[@animalrationale3735]

Kafe na Pisku in Brno uses Friedhats too! I loved it so much there :)

[@yoditonugrahacky765]

Impressive passion!

[@andreferrer9350]

Really like these longer videos

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

Cheers!

[@kwasnakawa]

I need visit this place!

[@milliondang]

The coffee shop so beatiful, i like it

[@ziboyang956]

great place, nice people

[@jrsblue]

Makes me proud to be an Amsterdammer, although I don't live there anymore. FUKU!

[@dormant_informant]

I can't believe I still haven't visited this place, such good coffee beans! And I have a soft spot for their branding.

[@BrennanPenner]

Friedhats Brazil are the best beans. Every time we go to Amsterdam we make sure to get a few bottles before leaving. The drive from Belgium is worth it!!

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

Haha, nice!

[@austenmorley6451]

Looks a great coffee shop! What's the name of the 'low tech' grinder to the right of the EG-1?

[@baristalombok]

Great 🤍

[@sofydwiyanti5158]

I hope, I can going to there!!!!!!!!!!

[@brentij]

Decent cauliflower ears 💪

[@andrewmanogu7062]

Hope i can work with this type of coffee shop some day..

[@TazaCoffeeCompany]

More videos like this please! :)

[@AvivRaphael]

Nice

[@sahirdiesh6386]

i like this lex guy

[@method341]

is that an anfim sp2? If he's using it, it must be a very good grinder.

[@jonathankafrouni4727]

What grinder are they using for the espresso milk combination?

[@geosoftware4472]

Hell yess.. I see very expensive coffee tools in FUKU coffee shop lol

[@aghey1011]

When he say lowtech & old school. Hmmmm

[@araimaulana9500]

I gave it a like because he used the same milkjug with me 😂

[@fionafu5200]

Considering the machines he uses the prices for coffee are ridiculously good

[@TigeyTheMigey]

I like that he has a sense of humor about the name.

[@ryanzspaulding]

I’m curious about the freezing the beans part of his café. So the how to store video you guys did a bit ago, the girl that was talking had said specifically not to freeze or chill the beans because of the moisture when the beans come up to room temp. So I’m curious as to why it works for this café to do it? My best guess is it comes down to more personal preference perhaps, or just how they handle the frozen beans as they get them ready to brew

[@SuperPimpek123]

In order to avoid condensation, you have to vacuum seal them before freezing them. When you take them out, you can use them just like you would fresh beans.

[@ryanzspaulding]

Jaka Šter would there be a need to get the beans to room temperature before brewing? I’m thinking from a thermal management view, the cold beans would immediately get your brew water much colder than the ideal 200° or 95°

[@SuperPimpek123]

​@@ryanzspauldingYou don't have to wait. By the time they are ground, they will get a lot warmer.

[@ryanzspaulding]

Jaka Šter that’s really interesting to know! Thanks for the info!

[@crazyjoedavola9002]

I'm curious too. I just freezed (finaly) few packs of coffee, few days ago. In a few weeks I'll get them out and try them. Hope it will be ok. I didn't vacuum them even I wanted to... I can update you eith the results :D

[@alizainaal]

bang berapa sewa ruko di sama pertahun?

[@okkyrz6947]

Did you try Indonesian coffee like Gayo,Ijen,preanger, papua , Mandailing and many others. 😁

[@LexDelft]

Not yet but we’re getting some Indonesian coffee very soon!

[@ljhookem14]

Wonder if Coffee is bigger in the Netherlands? I know in general coffee isn’t that big in Europe especially when compared to tea.

[@syahrulnaim3259]

Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾 wish to visit here one day even work at here! 😁

[@yoditonugrahacky765]

I really wanna know the reason why he uses the EK43 instead of the EG-1 for manual brew 🤔

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

I suppose that EG-1 worked better for espresso brewing and he didn’t want to mix two brewing & grinding styles in one grinder.

[@LexDelft]

Because we only have one eg-1 and as we’re already using it for espresso, the ek43 gets to deal with the manual brews. It’s fully aligned by Titus though.

[@yoditonugrahacky765]

Lex Wenneker do you think EG-1 is better than well-aligned EK43 for manual brew? Is it installed with CORE burrs or ULTRA burrs by SSP tho?

[@sharangsharma426]

@@LexDelft and how's the Anfim holding up? Is that an SP 2?

[@evenaicantfigurethisout]

Oh so this is like a coffee coffee shop! Not a "coffee shop"! I get it!

[@CreamyDrummer]

Can anyone explain to me how they keep track of the different grindsizes per beans?

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

Because every coffee on the menu need to be ground slightly differently for a perfect extraction (=the best possible taste).

[@CreamyDrummer]

@@EuropeanCoffeeTrip yes exactly! How do they keep track of the different settings? :)

[@sebaba001]

@@CreamyDrummer probably by dialing in, then writting down the setting and grinder used on top of the coffee bag not sure if that is how THEY do it but it seems like a reasonable approach, you could laso have it on your phone/tablet or whatever i went to a small coffee shop recently and the guy pulled a shot of a specific coffee I asked for and he had to pull a second one, which was good but he said it could be better and he gave the shot to me for free (cause i bought some bags), so I guess it's not easy to be super consistent when you have many coffees ideally 1 coffee per grinder for speed and consistency but with time and effort you can have many

[@ClaudioMartella]

can't speak for them, but the same type of coffee (not the same batch) roasted by them is dialed in more or less always the same way. So it's about remembering the grinder setting for each type. Probably something they know by heart by now (or they can write down somewhere).

[@keithpp1]

More recommendations for Amsterdam. #coffee #coffeeshop #Amsterdam

[@felixjansson3139]

I don't understand your comment about the pricing of the specialty coffee, are they selling it at a loss?

[@Dinckelburg]

They're not making a profit from sales, it's just to showcase the coffee.

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

It was comment only about this particular lot. Lex has a chance to roast very special expensive coffee for other people, usually, he can keep a small volume to use at the roastery and cafe. That's why it is priced very conveniently for customers because they don't need to cover the cost or aim for profit. They want to offer customer good experience.

[@felixjansson3139]

@@EuropeanCoffeeTrip Thanks for the clarification, I must've misheard some parts.

[@se7515]

Why is the food not covered and so close to people standing at the counter?

[@IamMotionMedia]

what is the coffee you drank?

[@scottscottsdale7868]

We need get Madagascar Bourbon Pointu in to Europe.

[@robinsonner5461]

oh godddd Lex Wenneker fuckkkkkkkkk... (edit) oh he seems like a really nice guy

[@loreo1235]

How can they manage to sell 90+ for 12€? Thats incredible - i'll make a trip across the border haha

[@mokomrapheal4617]

Hi sir I love to work with fuku speciality coffee shop am a coffee barista with four years experience in Dubai as a specialty coffee Barista in Slash speciality coffee shop in Dubai

[@filipkralj9297]

6:31 is that Ricky Gervais? If not, looks like his doppelganger, even the smile is super similar.

[@JensThestrupToft]

Definitely isn't. Though he does look a little like him.

[@garrettbernstein5991]

Fuku is pronounced a little different here in boston.

[@marythehustler7706]

Hello sir do u need a dish washer or cleaner in your coffee shop, please lam ready to join, lam a Ugandan, and l really love working, so any available position u have in your cafe, please lam ready to start,

[@epsteinsmurderer5130]

And I think I’m posh, with my Tassimo vivy 2 with Columbian coffee pods😂

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

😂 you have a long journey ahead of you. We should feature some geeky home baristas in some future video!

[@epsteinsmurderer5130]

European Coffee Trip I only got into coffee the past couple of months, it started off at Costa, then the machine I just bought, so I’m just experimenting. But I really want to visit a coffee shop with this type of vibe

[@cubestrike]

Is it only me who feels when the cameraman is switched?

[@ct-t69]

Well in Zürich we pay EUR 5.5 for a shitty one, why not 10 for an excellent one....

[@robertkacala]

1:16 Ricky Gervais

[@katerinalak]

counting the "kind of's"

[@prettypony3434]

i thought the machine at 2:04 is microscope TT pardon my stupidness.

[@AM2PMReviews]

Fuku lol

[@adrianlie94]

A "real" coffee shop in Amsterdam. Unbelievable!

[@samdembicer6450]

Does freezing the coffee and then grinding it right away not create more fines?

[@myfootage160]

i love arabica gayo honey

[@panp1222]

I swear I had seen this video a few months ago

[@EuropeanCoffeeTrip]

We did a video about the Roastery last year. There were also scenes from then cafe but the topic was different. Perhaps that is the reason the video looks familiar.

[@panp1222]

@@EuropeanCoffeeTrip that was it!! thanks for replying

[@peterlouis1800]

Damn the shop’s called fuku? Harsh.. lol

[@jordan.ellis.hunter]

"What's Inside Specialty Coffee Shop?" idk... coffee? 🤔

[@Matthew-ix9vx]

he does realize that Fuku in japan means clothes, not good fortune lol

[@danizanzibar4344]

Europe has nothing to do with coffee any more, its all about the UK, Australia etc these says

[@tauronmaikar]

Their coffee may be great, but their design is hideous.