Darras Coffee Roasters – Albert Cuyp

Darras Coffee Roasters has a location at Albert Cuypstraat 241 in Amsterdam-Zuid, situated on the Albert Cuypmarkt in De Pijp. This places the business in one of the city’s busiest market areas. According to company information, it is a family business that started as a coffee roastery in Amsterdam. Fawzi Darras is named as the founder. The company links this origin to a previous period during which he supplied restaurants while working within the company he was employed by at the time.

According to company information, the family still plays a central role in the business operations. Alongside Fawzi Darras, the company also mentions Tristan and Samer Darras as involved family members. Darras expanded from its roastery into coffee bars and foodservice. This expansion included a kitchen featuring six signature rolls, which the company states were developed using family knowledge and influenced by Middle Eastern spices.

An exact opening date for the Albert Cuyp location was not established in the reviewed public sources. However, those sources indicate that Darras was active there by December 1, 2020, at the latest. Furthermore, a local news report from March 22, 2022, already described Darras as a business with a permanent stall at the Albert Cuypmarkt. This confirms the location was an established market spot well before the spring of 2022.

On its own website, Darras presents its offering as “Specialty Coffee by Darras”. With this, the company emphasizes coffee from its own roastery, without mentioning any external roaster. The company states that the beans originate from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Indonesia and are roasted in Amsterdam. Additionally, the public shop listings mention “Coffee Beans – Premium Blend” and “Turkish Coffee Beans – Premium Blend”.

The specific Albert Cuyp page mentions that the menu is seasonal, but does not release a full drink overview in the text display. Other Amsterdam menu pages from the same company do show which drinks are part of the broader concept. These include classic coffee preparations such as espresso, lungo, americano, filter coffee, espresso macchiato, cortado, cappuccino, flat white, and latte. Variants such as caramel latte, latte macchiato, and various iced drinks are also mentioned.

In addition to coffee, the offering on those menu pages includes drinks based on matcha and chai. Mentioned are, among others, matcha latte, iced matcha latte, iced strawberry matcha, iced pistachio matcha, iced mango matcha, chai latte, dirty chai latte, and iced chai latte. Furthermore, a travel article from May 2024 documented that Arabic or Turkish coffee was prepared on hot sand at the Albert Cuyp location. This indicates that the market location offers space for more traditional brewing methods alongside espresso drinks.

A brand announcement from February 2026 described the coffee vision of Darras as a methodology centered around one fixed house blend, developed over a period of approximately twenty years. Within the reviewed sources, this is the only concrete indication regarding the composition of the core assortment. Further technical details about roasting, extraction, or rotating single origins have not been made public in the available material.

The Albert Cuyp location page states that the menu is seasonal and works with local ingredients that change throughout the year. This applies primarily to the food section. The ingredients page mentions, among other things, homemade falafel and various signature combinations for pitas and rolls. This combination of coffee and freshly prepared food fits within the broader expansion of Darras from a roastery to a coffee bar and kitchen concept.

Limited but concrete material is public regarding the origin of other products. For coffee, the company names three countries of origin: Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. For matcha, social media posts from the brand state that ceremonial matcha comes from Kagoshima in Japan. At the same time, the reviewed sources lack names of coffee farms, importers, certifications, or formal sustainability programs. Partnerships regarding impact measurement or audits are also not publicly documented.

No workshops, tastings, cuppings, exhibitions, or other recurring programs were found on the reviewed official pages for the Albert Cuyp location. However, public posts from market channels show that Darras is presented there as a permanent entrepreneur. In these reports, the company appears as a daily presence at the market and as a subject of so-called “Cuyp Klassieker” highlights in 2025 and 2026.

The location is also visible to a limited extent outside its own channels. An English-language travel and food article from May 1, 2024, mentioned Darras as a stop for Turkish or Arabic coffee at the Albert Cuypmarkt. Furthermore, an article from Leidsch Dagblad dated March 22, 2022, written around the opening in Leiden, referred to an existing location in Amsterdam and a permanent stall at the Albert Cuyp. Specific prices or rankings for this Amsterdam location are not publicly documented in the researched sources.