Stray Coffee Roasters: Transparent Micro-Roastery in Westend, Munich
Aktualisiert: 12. Aug.
📍 Munich Westend | 🏘️ Neighborhood Cafe | ☕️ Single-Origin Light Roasts | 🔥 Own Roastery | 🌱 Transparent Sourcing & Pricing
Quick Review: Stray Coffee
Stray Coffee Roasters is an independent Munich specialty coffee micro-roastery located in Westend. By exclusively roasting light profiles sourced via responsible importers and publicly publishing exactly what they pay for every bean, they set the city standard for radical transparency and craft.
Visit if:
You want an expert barista to explain your coffee's origin, the producer who grew it, and the exact flavor profile to expect.
You want to buy freshly roasted specialty coffee beans to brew at home and need tailored extraction advice for your specific setup.
You value transparent supply chains and want to buy from a roastery that publicly publishes the FOB (Free on Board) prices they pay to their sourcing partners.
Skip if:
You prefer traditional, Italian-style dark roast espresso (their philosophy is strictly dedicated to bringing out the bright, natural characteristics of light roasts).
Practical Info & Opening Hours
Address: Gollierstraße 30, 80339 Munich (Schwanthalerhöhe) · Open in Google Maps · Website
Public Transit: U4/U5 Schwanthalerhöhe (approx. 5-minute walk).
Hours: Mon–Fri 08:00–16:00 | Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00
Seating: Intimate neighborhood setup focused on coffee conversation and retail over lingering remote work.
Food & Milk: Select fresh pastries available. Oat milk served.
Payment: Card only (Cashless).
What to Order at Stray
The Purist: Order a straight single-origin espresso. Without milk, you can fully experience how their unapologetic light roasting philosophy lets the origin’s distinct character speak for itself.
For Home Brewers: Pick up a retail bag of their OMNI roast and ask the baristas for precise brewing ratios to dial in your home V60 or espresso grinder.
The Crowd-Pleaser: A perfectly poured flat white, allowing the bright, natural acidity of the roast to naturally sweeten the textured milk.
The Vibe at Stray
Located on Gollierstraße, Stray offers a quiet, highly intentional neighborhood atmosphere. Founded by Feldi (bringing a culinary chef’s background) and Ilan (a photographer and artist), the space reflects a meticulous, minimalist aesthetic. The room is built for education and community rather than volume. It is a place where conversations across the bar about harvest dates and processing methods are actively encouraged.
The Coffee Program
Stray functions as both a cafe and an active micro-roastery. The espresso bar relies on precision Mahlkönig grinders to handle their uncompromisingly light roasts, ensuring clean extractions that highlight vibrant fruit aromas and delicate acidity rather than roast bitterness.
Because specialty coffee is a highly seasonal agricultural product, the origin offerings rotate depending on the harvest.
During our visits, the menu featured a stellar lineup focusing heavily on natural processing methods, which amplify the sweet, fruit-forward aromatics in the cup:
Ethiopian Heirloom (Daniel Alemayehu): A natural process coffee that delivered a bright, clear aromatic profile of peach, lime, and blueberry.
Colombian Caturra (Yeison Chala & Yesenia Martines): Sourced from the Mira Mar farm in Huila, this natural process OMNI roast offered an incredibly juicy cup bursting with ripe cherry, tropical fruit, and orange peel.
Ethiopian (Yaye Washing Station): A naturally processed lot (varietals 74110 and 74158) dominated by intense strawberry, lime, and blueberry tasting notes.
This dedication to sensory excellence and processing craft is matched only by their radical transparency. Stray operates with complete honesty about their supply chain. Every retail box centers the producer directly on the front label. On the back, they openly publish exact supply chain costs, explicitly printing the FOT (Free on Truck), FOB (Free on Board), and Farmgate prices alongside precise harvest windows (such as April–July 2025 for their Colombian lots). This verifiable data sets an unmatched standard for ethical coffee sourcing and pricing in the city.
Continue your Coffee Walk
If you are spending the day in the Westend and want to compare roasting styles, take a short walk over to Southbank Specialty Coffee near the Trappentreustraße.
Review Methodology
Field Evaluations: Incognito visit conducted in November 2025.
On the Bar: Single-origin, in-house light roasts dosed from precision Mahlkönig grinders.
The Order: Batch brew, Oat milk cortado, Cappuccino, Hot chocolate, pastries.
Retail Shelf Check: Verified radical transparency labeling, verifying that exact supply chain costs (FOT, FOB, and Farmgate) and precise harvest dates are printed on the back of every box. Evaluated current origins including a natural Colombian Caturra (Yeison Chala & Yesenia Martines) and natural Ethiopian Heirlooms (Daniel Alemayehu and Yaye Washing Station).
Editorial Transparency: Every portrait starts with an unannounced visit, paid for completely out of pocket. Where it makes sense, we return more than once. Contact with the business comes only afterward. We cross-reference our field impressions against public sources (including Google reviews and the business's website) to ensure our Visit if and Skip if recommendations rest on consistent observed behavior, not a single tasting. There was no payment, sponsorship, or consideration provided for this review.
About the Author
Casper North writes for the MUC/28 Specialty Coffee Guide, covering Munich's best roasters and cafes. The guide's focus is firmly on factual, field-tested evaluations of origin, processing, roasting, and extraction. What cannot be confirmed stays out of the publication; prices, equipment, and origin details appear only with objective evidence.
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