A 'Breaking Bad'Themed Cafe in Istanbul

G’day to you! Nice to see you spiralling down from cyberspace. I had the landing lights adjusted so they focus on the red carpet right next to the coffeepot. Better, eh! How’re you doing? Fill your coffee mug and snag a virtual doughnut while I fill your ears with the news of a badass coffeehouse you’ll want to try next time you find yourself in Istanbul...

If Breaking Bad’s Walter White ever decided to go into the coffee business and open his own cafe, it would probably look a lot like the awesome ‘Walter’s Coffee Roastery’, in Istanbul.

Inspired by the popular TV show Breaking Bad, Deniz Kosan, a young Turkish entrepreneur, has opened the “world’s first Coffee Super Lab.” 

Everything inside this unique cafe, right from the roasting equipment to the beaker-like espresso cups or the giant periodic table covering one of the walls reminds you of Walter White and his meth lab. 

Kosan, a big fan of Breaking Bad, and his cousin – who actually looks a lot like the chemistry professor turned criminal mastermind and even goes by the name Heisenberg- realized that there was a dearth of originality in the food industry, so they decided to open a coffee shop themed like a chemical lab.

Walter’s Coffee Roastery is not an officially licensed Breaking Bad venue – no actual names, terms, or logos from the TV series are used, but step into the and you’ll spot the many references in a heartbeat.

Looks like a place I’d like to visit although at the moment, Turkey is a little too close to the ISIS firing lines, methinks. Mind you, Turkish Airlines does sometimes have a good Toronto-Turkey-Bangkok airfare so who knows...

See ya, eh!

Bob