My meeting with one of the most famous barista’s in the world, Dritan Alsela

Jeg har længe snakket om at jeg rigtig gerne vil til Düsseldorf, og den eneste grund til dette skyldes faktisk Dritan Alsela. Han er en af de mest berømte barista’er i verden pga. hans meget imponerende latteart (han har uden pis lavet en booty der twerker i latteart). Jeg er kæmpe kaffe entusiast, jeg har arbejder selv som barista og øver mig på latteart hver gang jeg er på arbejde – så selvfølgelig har jeg da længe haft en drøm om at møde ham og drikke kaffe i hans café.

Jeg tror min far har været rimelig træt af at hører om Düsseldorf, specielt fordi han ved jeg ikke joker. Jeg kunne godt finde på at kører til Düsseldorf bare for at drikke kaffe og ja jeg ved godt det er en tur på flere timer.

Da vi er på vej hjem fra skiferien og vi kører omkring München er min mor og jeg rimelig kaffetørstige, specielt fordi vi ikke har fået god kaffe en hel uge, min far foreslår så om vi skal tage et smut forbi Düsseldorf på vejen hjem. Smut forbi er dog så meget sagt, for da vi slår det op på kortet finder vi ud af at vi skal kører på tværs af landet for en kop kaffe, men familien damp vælger selvfølgelig at kører 3 timer ekstra for en kop kaffe.

Jeg skriver til Dritan på Instagram om han har åbent, for vi skulle lige være sikre nu hvor vi kører så langt. Jeg havde ingen forventninger om at han ville svare, men det gjorde han sgu. Hvor sejt er det ikke lige. Og vigtigst af alt, han havde åbent.

Da vi kommer til hans café står han i døråbningen, ingen af os havde forventet han selv var på arbejde, så det var en glædelig overraskelse. Han spørg om det er mig der er Josephine som har kørt hele vejen fra München, hvilket jeg svarer ja til.
Han er ikke så god til engelsk, jeg er ikke så god til tysk, men min far kan lidt tysk, så han small ltalkede lidt med ham. Hans assistent var dog god til engelsk så vi kommunikerede lidt igennem hende.

Kaffen var fantastisk, det shit kan han fandme, men havde man forventet andet??
Vi besluttede os for også at spise aftensmad hos ham inden vi drog videre. Både kaffe og mad kan anbefales, det var SÅ lækkert og både ham og hans ansatte er så venlige og servicemindede, det var virkelig en kæmpe oplevelse.

Vi købte en steamer kande og en kaffe tamper med hans navn på – og så var han så mega sød at give os 4 nøgleringe med, som symboliserer kaffe (fx med en kaffe tamper) og hvor hans navn står på, samt en lille tote bag også med hans navn på. Det var simpelthen så pænt af ham.

Vi skal helt klart tilbage, så jeg kører sgu nok til Düsseldorf for kaffe en dag alligevel?

Efter mødet med Dritan kørte vi mod færgen, det var 6 lange timer og da vi ramte Hamborg blev det rigtig snevejr, så turen tog lige det længere tid end de 6 timer fra Düsseldorf til færgen, som vi ellers havde regnet med, men det var det hele værd.

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I have for a long time been talking about how I really wanna go to Düsseldorf, and the only reason why is because of Dritan Alsela. He’s one of the most famous barista’s in the world because of his very impressive latteart (he literally has made a booty twerking in latteart). I’m a huge coffee enthusiast, I work as a barista myself and practice latteart every time I’m at work – so of course, I’ve dreamed of meeting him and drinking his coffee at his café for a very long time.

I think my dad has been really tired of hearing about Düsseldorf, especially because he know’s I’m not joking. I seriously would drive all the way to Düsseldorf just to drink coffee and yes I do know it’s a drive for several hours.

When we were on our way home from our skiing trip in Austria and we had reached München, my mom and I was really coffee-thirsty, especially because we hadn’t had a cup of good coffee for over a week, so my dad suggested that we could take a flying visit to Düsseldorf on our way home. Although it wasn’t really a flying visit after we looked it up on google maps, since we have to drive across country for this cup of coffee, but of course family ADHD chooses to drive 3 hours extra for a cup of coffee.

I text Dritan on Instagram to hear if his open, we had to be sure when we drive all that way. I had zero expectations about getting an answer from him, but I did. How cool is that? And most importantly, he was open.

When we arrive at the café he is standing in the doorway, none of us expected he would be at work, so that was a great surprise. He asks if I’m the Josephine who drove all the way from München, which I said yes too.
He’s not that great in English and I’m not so good in German, but my dad speaks a little German so he small talked a little bit with him. His assistant was good in English though, so we could communicate through her.

The coffee was amazing, but what did you expect, right??
We decided to eat dinner there as well before we went on. I can really recommend both coffee and food, it was so delicious and both him and his staff was so nice and service-minded, it was such an experience.

We bought a steamer pitcher and a coffee tamper with his name on it – and he was so nice to give us 4 keychains which each symbolizes coffee (for example a coffee tamper) and where his name is written in it and a tote bag with his name on it. It was so nice of him.

We’re definitely coming back, I might drive to Düsseldorf just to drink coffee some day?

After the meeting with Dritan we drove to the ferry, it was 6 long hours and when we came to Hamburg it was snowing really bad, so the 6 hours drive was suddenly more than “just” 6 hours, but it was all worth it.