Caffè il Momento

Caff“Caff“ il Momento is located at Singel 180, 1015 AJ, in Amsterdam-Centrum. This location is consistently mentioned in the shop’s own public information and in external guides of the city’s coffee bars, meaning the physical location is well-documented. However, there is less public information regarding its founding; a detailed narrative about the business’s origins has not been made public.

The name Kees Dijkhuis is associated with the establishment. In public records, he appears as the owner or former owner of Caff“Caff“ il Momento. This indicates a clear role in building the business, though available materials do not provide a full chronological overview of ownership, transfers, or business development. An exact opening date is also missing from publicly accessible sources.

Nevertheless, the early period can be partially reconstructed. Public traces place the business in operation by the spring of 2013. A professional timeline for Kees Dijkhuis links him to Caff“Caff“ il Momento starting in March 2013. Additionally, an official Facebook photo exists from April 29, 2013. Together, these data points provide a baseline for the coffee bar’s operational start.

In its own communications, the shop presents itself as “specialty coffee”. On Facebook, the phrasing “specialty coffee, single roasted” also appeared. This self-description positions Caff“Caff“ il Momento within the specialty coffee segment, where origin, roasting, and brewing methods are often explicitly highlighted. However, only limited public detail is available regarding the precise implementation of this concept at a business level.

More concrete material can be found regarding the coffee offering. A mention in the 2015 Coffee Top 100 by Misset Horeca names Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters as the roastery. This is one of the few publicly documented details about Caff“Caff“ il Momento’s supply chain. Other suppliers or additional partnerships are not further detailed in the available material.

External coffee platforms describe a wide palette of preparation methods, mentioning espresso, batch brew, pour over, and cold brew. It is also established that the shop serves both espresso-based drinks and filter coffee. This indicates a menu that combines several common brewing methods within specialty coffee, although a full current menu is not publicly available.

Separate public mentions support this image. Social media shows espresso in Nuova Point cups from Italy. Additionally, there is a post on an X profile mentioning cold brew. A 2018 overview further reported that Caff“Caff“ il Momento sold single-roasted coffee beans, alongside Dutch stroopwafels and Nuova Point espresso cups. This creates a picture of a business that partially combined coffee, presentation, and retail.

No public documentation was found regarding workshops, tastings, or educational events. This does not mean such activities never took place, but rather that they are not verifiable within the available material. For a journalistic profile, this distinction is relevant: what has not been publicly recorded cannot be presented as an established part of the business model.

Several art-related collaborations have been documented. On Instagram, linocut work by @inkyblackcatprints is mentioned. Additionally, Facebook shows that artist Danny Dootjes was responsible for a Christmas window display for the café. Dootjes later wrote that he had recreated the facade at Singel 180 in paper for the first Christmas window of Caffè il Momento. This demonstrates that the establishment collaborated with external creators at least occasionally.

These collaborations say less about coffee content than about visual presentation and local integration. They show a café that wanted to be visible not only through its beverage offering, but also through the design of the space and the storefront. Because other cultural or neighborhood-oriented initiatives have not been publicly detailed, it remains a matter of a few concrete examples rather than a broad, documented community program.

Public information regarding sustainability is limited. No publicly described sustainability policy was found, and broader explanations regarding suppliers are also missing. This also applies to transparency concerning production conditions, logistics, or long-term relationships with producers. For readers seeking such information, it is primarily important that these details are not elaborated upon in the available public sources.

What is visible is the link with Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters. Additionally, an external platform mentions that the location offers single-origin coffee. However, the own website provides no detailed policy or further specification on this. This creates a discrepancy between what third parties record and what the business itself publicly explains. For a factual profile, this distinction should be explicitly mentioned.

Over the years, Caffè il Momento received attention in several publications. In 2015, Misset Horeca included the business in the Coffee Top 100, where it appeared at rank 26. In 2014, the coffee bar was also mentioned in an overview of ten coffee bars in Amsterdam. Additionally, Amsterdam NOW published a separate piece describing the location as a recently opened coffee bar on the Singel.

Furthermore, the name appears in lifestyle and city guides such as Secret Amsterdam and BrewAtlas. Together, these mentions show that Caffè il Momento was visible in the Amsterdam coffee landscape for several years. At the same time, the public record remains selective: basic data about location, coffee approach, and a few collaborations are available, while extensive information about founding, sustainability, and events is largely missing.