TURKEY-BREAKING BAD/COFFEE SHOP 'Breaking Bad' inspired coffee shop attracts fans in Istanbul

Record ID: 141689

  • Title: TURKEY-BREAKING BAD/COFFEE SHOP 'Breaking Bad' inspired coffee shop attracts fans in Istanbul
  • Date: 6th September 2015
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 4, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE COFFEE SHOP SIGN OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY ENTRANCE OF THE COFFEE SHOP VARIOUS OF CUSTOMERS INSIDE THE COFFEE SHOP VARIOUS OF PERIODIC TABLE DECOR ON THE WALL CUSTOMERS INSIDE THE COFFEE SHOP VARIOUS OF BARISTA BREWING COFFEE VARIOUS OF COFFEE DISTILLATION DEVICE IN THE SHAPE OF A CHEMICAL TUBE (SOUNDBITE) (English) OWNER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, DENIZ KOSAN, SAYING: "It's actually a long process because it took around 10 months to open up. I wanted to open up a big, huge coffee shop for people where they can feel comfortable and Breaking Bad is just an inspiration actually because it looks like a laboratory but it's just an inspiration. I came up with the idea because my cousin looks like the main character of the TV show and it was actually just a joke between us and it became reality." VIEW OF THE COFFEE SHOP BALCONY OF THE COFFEE SHOP SIGN READING: "YO!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) OWNER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, DENIZ KOSAN, SAYING: "We have so many customers, they come every day. We have so many tourists, they come from the European side of Istanbul. This actually makes someone proud because you've been working so long for a project and the people love it and they want it everywhere. They're asking 'When are you opening up in Europe?', 'When are you opening up in the States?' and this is good." CUSTOMERS TRYING ON THE YELLOW HAZMAT SUITS AND TAKING PHOTOS COFFEE ROASTING AREA FROM OUTSIDE VARIOUS OF CUSTOMERS TRYING ON THE YELLOW HAZMAT SUITS AND TAKING PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) OWNER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, DENIZ KOSAN, SAYING: "We are right now in talks with Dubai, Moscow and also New York which will be in the first quarter of 2016." CUSTOMER DRAWING DOODLES ON THE WHITE BOARD ON THE WALL CLOSE SHOT OF THE WHITE BOARD BARISTA MAKING COFFEE USING TEST TUBES (SOUNDBITE) (English) CUSTOMER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, MATTHEW CAROL, SAYING: "We're liking it a lot actually I'm very glad to be in Istanbul so I can visit here." (SOUNDBITE) (English) CUSTOMER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, FERHAD, SAYING: "It's great I think, it's not gimmicky, so it doesn't feel like it's a gimmick of the show. It feels quite authentic." (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) CUSTOMER OF WALTER'S COFFEE ROASTERY, IREM AKBAY, SAYING: "The atmosphere is really beautiful. The things we see in the show came to reality here and it's really exciting to be part of it." BARISTA BREAKING BLUE CANDY ON A TRAY THAT LOOKS LIKE CRYSTAL METH VARIOUS OF CLOSE SHOT OF THE CANDY TRAY
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAWTWOVFE66HM34GK1XL2607RX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The spirit of one of the greatest TV shows of all time lives in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul where customers wear hazmat suits and taste meth shaped candies.
    Inspired by "Breaking Bad" series, Walter's Coffee Roastery is Turkey's first "coffee lab" that started as a Kickstarter project.
    "It's actually a long process because it took around 10 months to open up. I wanted to open up a big, huge coffee shop for people where they can feel comfortable and Breaking Bad is just an inspiration actually because it look like a laboratory but it's just an inspiration. I came up with the idea because my cousin looks like the main character of the TV show and it was actually just a joke between us and it became reality," the owner of the coffee shop, Deniz Kosan, said.
    Similiar to the overalls worn by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, the staff wear yellow jumpsuits and sometimes even gasmasks. Kosan wants to expand his lab and open the coffee shops around the world.
    "We are right now in talks with Dubai, Moscow and also New York which will be in the first quarter of 2016," he said.
    Loyal Fans of the show are regular customers of Walter Roastery.
    "We're liking it a lot actually I'm very glad to be in Istanbul so I can visit here," said customer Mathew Carol.
    "It's great I think, it's not gimmicky so it doesn't feel like it's a gimmick of the show. It feels quite authentic," said another customer Ferhad.
    A Turkish customer, Irem Akbay, finds it very exciting to be part of her favourite show.
    "The atmosphere is really beautiful. The things we see in the show came to reality here and it's really exciting to be part of it," she said.
    Seated under a giant periodic table, customers taste crystal-topped cupcakes along with blue rock candies.
    Although Kosan does not have copyright clearance for Walter's Roastery Coffee, he says they have been very careful with the theme and avoided any breach of copyrighted material.
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