Stray Coffee Roasters

📍 Schwanthalerhöhe | 🟡 Neighbourhood | ☕️ All-round | 👨‍🌾 In-house roastery | 🎓 Educational | 🌱 Responsible sourcing

A micro-roastery in Westend that sources across East Africa and Latin America, roasts everything light, and publishes what it pays for every coffee on the shelf.

Visit if:

• You want your coffee explained at the bar: where it's from, who grew it, what to expect

• You want to buy freshly roasted beans with brewing advice for your setup at home

• You're bringing someone who thinks specialty coffee is not for them

  
  

Skip if:

• You need a restroom (there isn't one)

• You prefer medium or dark roasts (Stray roasts exclusively light)

• You need comfortable seating for more than thirty minutes

  
  

Address: Gollierstraße 30, 80339 Munich · Google Maps · Apple Maps

Area: Schwanthalerhöhe (Westend). Getting there: U4/U5 Schwanthalerhöhe, 3 min walk. Hours: Mon–Fri 8:00–16:00, Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00. Seating: ~10 seats, wooden stools and window bench, small outdoor bench, walk-in. Wifi: No. Dogs: Allowed. Food: Croissants (served warm), Franzbrötchen, ~€3.20. Alt milk: Oat. Payment: Card only.

Order this: Start with a cortado (€3.10) with whole milk, not oat. The light roasts carry a fine acidity that oat milk's sweetness buries. Whole milk lets the fruit notes come through clean. Ask which single origin is on rotation. They will tell you where it's from, who grew it, and what to expect.

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Mint-teal bar against exposed brick, zine-culture posters on the walls, handmade ceramic cups by Maria Cepissakova from across the street. Ilan Bachl and Matthias Feldmeier founded Stray in 2021 and opened the café in April 2023, in Westend, Munich's smallest and most diverse borough. Since March 2026, they roast at their own facility on Senftelstraße.

Behind the La Marzocco, two Mahlkönig grinders run side by side, all roasted light. Origins rotate with the seasons across East Africa and Latin America in natural, washed, and honey processing. Stray is a member of transparency.coffee and publishes what it pays for green coffee: roughly €15 per kilo against about €65 per kilo at retail.

During our visit, both hoppers carried Ethiopian naturals. The Daniel Alemayehu as a cortado brought peach, lime, a floral finish. The Yaye Washing Station landed with strawberry, lime, and a fermented edge that stayed.

The retail shelf carries the same coffees at around €16 for 250 grams, roast dates rarely more than a few days old. On a Sunday morning, families with children sit alongside people tasting espressos. The hot chocolate gets latte art.

Prices that are fair, and the commitment to proving it is relentless. What Stray pays for its green coffee is not fine print but the first line on every bag. The conversation at the bar makes that visible without making it a lecture.