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Coffee & Books

Read Slowly.
Drink Honestly.

Coffee is not a habit.
Books are not decoration.

This is a space for people who stay a little longer.
Who underline sentences.
Who let a thought cool down before answering.

We believe that reading is an act of resistance
and that coffee is best shared with silence, music,
or the right question at the wrong hour.

No productivity hacks.
No loud opinions.
Just pages turning, cups refilled,
and conversations that don’t rush to conclusions.

Book of the Month

Blind Date with a Book — 2026

No spoilers. No pressure.
Just a carefully chosen book, a quiet spark,
and the kind of story that stays longer than expected.

Discover the Book
order a drink · open the book · let it begin

The Art of the Good Life

This isn’t a book — it’s an antidote to noise. Fifty-two thought experiments that taste like black coffee and brutal honesty. Less “how to be happy” — more “how to stop chasing what kills your peace.”

Read slowly. Let it sting a little. That’s where clarity hides.

“You can’t control the world. But you can edit the lens through which you see it.”
— Rolf Dobelli

Thinking About Overthinking

Overthinking is mental chewing gum — flavourful, but it never feeds you. Dobelli teaches the art of *strategic ignoring*: to know when not to care.

The goal isn’t to stop thinking. It’s to stop mistaking worry for wisdom. November asks for that kind of calm intelligence — the one that whispers, “you don’t need another opinion, you need oxygen.”

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STAY HIGHDRATED

Water your thoughts. Stretch your perspective. Don’t live on caffeine and chaos.
Clarity is the new luxury — sip it slowly.

2026 BOOK RITUAL

“THE ART OF THE GOOD LIFE” — ROLF DOBELLI

52 thought experiments that remind us how to live less like algorithms and more like humans. A book that doesn’t promise happiness — it dismantles the illusion of chasing it. It’s philosophy for espresso minds and restless hearts.

“Happiness is not the result of intensity, but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” — Rolf Dobelli
READ SLOW — THINK SHARP

2026 mood: slow mornings, overthinking afternoons, and small revolutions of thought.

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the moon.”
The Art of the Good Life — Rolf Dobelli

Book of the Month

November Edition · The Art of the Good Life

“52 Small Shifts That Rewire the Way You Think.”

Written by Rolf Dobelli — Swiss author, thinker, and the mind behind The Art of Thinking Clearly. A modern philosopher for the caffeine generation — turning logic into lifestyle.

We picked this book for November because it’s not about chasing happiness. It’s about sharpening awareness — cutting through the noise and finding quiet clarity. A mental detox for the cold months ahead.

Perfect companion for early sunsets, slow mornings, and long thoughts over good coffee.

☕ Pair it with: a flat white, jazz instrumentals & ten minutes of silence.

Coffee-losophy Dates @Hemingway’s

Books. Coffee. Human mess. The perfect triangle of survival — and art.

They say a true friend is someone who knows how you take your coffee. At Hemingway’s, we take it one sip deeper.

Here, between jazz notes and open books, we invite old souls and curious minds to sit, sip, and speak the kind of truths that only appear between the second and third cup.

No filters, no rehearsed insights — just people turning caffeine into conversation and conversation into connection.

It’s not just a book club. It’s a gentle rebellion against silence. A moment to pause the noise, to rediscover presence, and to share the kind of warmth that lingers long after the cup is empty.

Because some philosophies are meant to be sipped, not studied.
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BLACK & WHITE THINKING

Overthinking is the mind’s slow poison — disguised as productivity, sold as awareness. But maybe the cure isn’t silence. Maybe it’s softer thinking. Between black and white there’s an entire palette of grace.

less filters — more thinking

SORRY HONEY, THIS MONTH I'M BOOKed

Thoughts & Stories on the RAW-cks • Stoic wisdom with a straw

Simplicity is not a lack — it’s a language. The kind that doesn’t shout, but lingers. It lives in the pause between words, in the silence that doesn’t need to prove anything.

Somewhere between Aristotle and Aperol, I found my kind of philosophy — not carved in marble, but scribbled on napkins at 2 a.m.: raw, funny, sticky with truth. I call it StROWicism — patience learned from shaking cocktails, empathy from serving strangers, resilience from smiling through Saturday nights.

SoulBotox is not perfection — it’s presence. Less performance, more perception. Philosophy you can sip, not just read. Laughter in the chaos, melody in the mundane. Wrinkles that tell better stories — and we make them audible.

True beauty begins where explanations end.

COFFEE·LOSOPHY DATES

Where books meet souls — and coffee becomes conversation.

Once a month, Hemingway’s Bar turns into a quiet rebellion against small talk. You bring a book that changed the way you see things. You leave with someone else’s chapter — and maybe a new friend.

„The Art of the Good Life“ by Rolf Dobelli is this month’s spark — fifty-two thought experiments to exchange, debate, and translate into life.

No algorithms. No dating apps. Just humans, ideas, and caffeine. Welcome to Coffee·losophy Dates — where connection smells like espresso and paper.

☕ Bring a book you love. 📖 Take a new one home. 💬 Stay for the conversation — it’s always better than small talk.

Was ist ein gutes Leben?

Seit jeher stellen wir uns dieselbe Frage. Was wiegt schwerer – Glück oder Ziel? Zufriedenheit oder Erfolg? Haltung oder Handlung?

Vielleicht liegt die Antwort irgendwo dazwischen – in der Kunst, beides zu balancieren, ohne das eine zu verlieren, wenn man dem anderen folgt.

Vor einigen Jahren begann ich, mir eine kleine Sammlung geistiger Werkzeuge anzulegen. Keine Rezepte, sondern Denkmodelle – Landkarten für den Kopf. Einige stammen aus der Antike, andere aus der Psychologie unserer Zeit.

Sie alle helfen mir, das Chaos zu ordnen, ohne die Magie zu verlieren.

Was ich fand, war keine allumfassende Wahrheit, keine universelle Regel. Aber ich fand Perspektiven – kleine gedankliche Werkzeuge, die mich lehren, das Alltägliche als Übungsfeld zu sehen.

Nicht um perfekt zu werden. Sondern um wach zu bleiben.

Wenn man so will, ist dieses Buch eine klassische Lebensphilosophie für das 21. Jahrhundert – pragmatisch, präzise, entwaffnend klar. Ich benutze diese Denkwerkzeuge täglich: für große Entscheidungen, für kleine Gedankenumwege, und manchmal einfach, um meinen eigenen Kopf auszutricksen.

Die Antwort ist nie nur eine. Die Welt ist zu komplex für einfache Rezepte.

Aber mit einem gut sortierten mentalen Werkzeugkasten wird sie verständlicher – und unser Leben still, klar und ein Stück reicher.

52 Denkwerkzeuge – keine Garantie für das gute Leben, aber eine charmante Wahrscheinlichkeitssteigerung dafür, es wirklich zu führen.

Denn wer besser denkt, lebt nicht automatisch besser – aber bewusster. Und das ist ein Anfang.

NEUE PODCAST-FOLGE — PHILOSOFA LOUNGE • SEASON 05

Erkenne dich selbst –
Die Verantwortung des Individuums

Direkt serviert mit frischem Kaffee und einer Prise Selbstironie.

„Erkenne dich selbst“ stand einst über dem Orakel von Delphi.
Kein Kalenderzitat, sondern eine ernste Einladung:
Wachse. Werde echt. Lebe bewusst.
In dieser Episode sprechen wir über Verantwortung – nicht als Druck, sondern als Würde: die Fähigkeit, ehrlich hinzusehen und nicht ständig auszuweichen. Manchmal unbequem. Oft befreiend.
  • Was heißt es heute, „ich“ zu sein – ohne sich rauszureden?
  • Wo endet Erklärung und wo beginnt Ausrede?
  • Und warum ist Selbstkenntnis manchmal unangenehm ehrlich – aber heilsam?
JETZT ANHÖREN

Written and curated by Marina Michou – educator, storyteller & founder of SoulBotox. Exploring the intersection of philosophy, emotion & hospitality since 2012.

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