Federal Coffee Company · Galata

Beyoğlu

HoursOpen · Closes 23:00

TypeRoaster · National Chain

Australian-style roaster with nine cafés across five Turkish cities.

Sam Çeviköz, back in Turkey after years in Australia, opened the first Federal branch in Galata, Istanbul, in 2015, with Levent Koçarslan as co-founder.

Roasting happens in house on a Toper, to a weekly plan. With Hüüp Coffee, Federal developed a liquid fermentation method in the two companies' R&D laboratories. It produces fermented lots from Colombia, Honduras and Kenya.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

At this shop

The shop has a black front on a narrow cobbled street in Galata, with benches on the pavement under a scalloped awning and window boxes of red geraniums. Inside, brick walls run back past a curved bar. At the front, two deep brick-arched window bays hold cushioned benches that look down onto the street, and burgers and cocktails come out alongside the coffee.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠