Coffee in St. Pauli

Stumbling home the other night I passed a newly opened cafè. Even in St. Pauli with it's 24 hour party people, you can not find a good cup of coffee until 8 at the earliest. So I stepped in. The owner had just arrived and was warming some kind steam powered coffee machine from Germany's war years.

I asked for a good cup of coffee and was told that If I could wait a few minutes he will make me the best cup of coffee you can drink in St. Pauli. This was a sobering statement, as good coffee can be found in St. Pauli--so I pressed him and he replied:

"...if you can find a better cup of coffee than what you are about to drink, I will give you 100 free cups."

Game on. Over then next 2 weeks I will hunt down the best cup of coffee in St. Pauli. Since ordering coffee in many places has it's own vernacular, this test will be limited to what ever the fruity hipster Barista delivers when ordering "you best cup of coffee, please".