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02 Aug 2026
Sunday morning. Two bronze bulls guard the entrance, as they have for over a century, from the days this hall was a slaughterhouse. Behind them, the market breathes: smoke from the grill, folk music c...
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01 Aug 2026
Saturday, six in the morning, at the Marché de l'Abattoir, by the exit of the Manufakture car park, in Anderlecht. The air hung heavy, like a wet blanket. Air humidity for coffee roasting read ...
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31 Jul 2026
They've pulled the shutters down. One by one. The café on the corner — closed until 1 September. The fine roastery across the water — on holiday, back in autumn. The Brussels of Aug...
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30 Jul 2026
One sound. Nothing more. You can't see it, you can't touch it. But when the coffee first crack rises out of the drum, at the Marché de l'Abattoir, everyone around Golden goes quiet for a second...
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29 Jul 2026
August has a smell: warm petrol, packed boots, the GPS glowing on the dash. This weekend, from 31 July to 3 August, is the busiest of the season on Belgian roads — everyone leaves at once. And if you'...
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28 Jul 2026
There is only one place on Earth where coffee still grows wild, on its own, planted by no one: the forests of southern Ethiopia. There, in the shade of tall trees, arabica lived before the word "coffe...
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27 Jul 2026
You picked up a lot at the market. Beans roasted on Saturday, in the wind, at Golden's. You go home, grind fresh, pour tap water over it — and in the cup it's something else. Flatter. Greyer. It...
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26 Jul 2026
For weeks, the heatwave dictated everything. Now the weather has turned. This weekend, over the Marché de l'Abattoir, a south-west wind is blowing with gusts up to 50 km/h — and that mean...
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25 Jul 2026
Grinding fresh roasted coffee isn't set by a manual — it's set by how many hours have passed since first crack. If you grabbed a bag on Saturday at the Marché de l'Abattoir, exit from the...
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