Penestanan Kaja · Ubud · Bali

Understand nature.
Copy it.

Specialty plant-based coffee, nootropic mushroom lattes, and the Sensatorium 42 evening lounge — named after Viktor Schauberger, the Austrian forester who saw water as a living vortex.

6:00 — 19:00 daily·4.8 ★ · 590+ reviews·100% plant-based

The coffee program

Coffee with a philosophy.

Viktor Schauberger spent his life studying how water moves in spirals. We apply the same care to how a bean becomes a cup.

Specialty beans

Hand-roasted and prepared on a Victoria Arduino Athena Leva — lever espresso, no compromises.

100% plant-based

Every drink, every pastry. Oat, almond, coconut — no animal products cross the counter.

Compostable cups

Eco-friendly roasting, compostable takeaway. Pay attention to what touches the earth.

Mushroom lattes

Nootropic blends with reishi, cordyceps, lion's mane. Relax, Focus, or Energy — your call.

House drip bag

Home survival kit · take it anywhere

100g retail beans

Whole or ground · weekly batch

Private barista

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The club

A small club of regulars.

Not a loyalty program — a neighbourhood. Three ways in.

Stamp Card

Free

The classic. Buy nine, get one on the house.

  • Digital stamp card
  • Birthday pastry
  • New-menu previews
Get the card
Most loved

Member

250K / month

For the regulars. Built for people who already come in four times a week.

  • One drink per day, any coffee
  • 10% off beans & retail
  • Event priority + member cuppings
  • Member-only hours once a month
Become a member

Founder

2.5M / year

Limited seats. Support the project, keep the lights on.

  • Everything in Member
  • Name on the founder wall
  • Annual roast-and-tasting dinner
  • Studio42 credits included
Join as founder

Events

Where the shop becomes a room.

Full calendar →
Coming soon

Schauberger BBQ Nights

Reviving · 2026

Plant-based grill, community tables, coffee on the side. The original SBC ritual — back soon.

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Live

Sensatorium 42

Thursdays · 18:00 — 23:00

Plant-based sushi, sober cocktails, sensory dining. The shop becomes a lounge after dark.

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Coming soon

Courtyard DJ sessions

Coming soon

Long-form ambient, deep listening. Good coffee, good records, no rush.

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Live

Sunday cupping

Monthly · by invitation

Members taste what we're roasting next. Bring a friend, bring opinions.

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Inside the shop

Studio42 — the podcast studio behind the bar.

4-layer soundproofed, lead-lined door, Starlink internet. 4× Sony ZV-E10 cameras, RØDE PodMics, Blackmagic ATEM switcher, cinematic prime lenses. Three tiers from room-only to full operated multi-cam.

Zoom

650K

per hour

Creator

1.8M

per hour

Podcast Pro

3.5M

per hour

Multi-hour packages save up to 43% · 3h / 5h / 10h

Studio42

Equipment

4× Sony ZV-E10 4K · 2× RØDE PodMic · Lavalier Go · ATEM Mini Pro · Godox LED panels · Teleprompter · 13/35/50mm primes

Schauberger Radio

The soundtrack is ours.

Three rooms, three playlists — composed in Suno, scored for the rhythm of the shop. Morning opens slow. Afternoon stays focused. Sensatorium goes deep after dark.

Press play — it runs in the corner while you browse.

AI-composed · human-curated
01

SBC42 Chill

3 tracks

Deep house. Slow tempo. For the room when the sun gets low.

  • Basement Cinder

    deep house

  • Kalimba Pulse

    chill

  • Kalimba Pulse II

    chill

02

Morning Ritual

3 tracks

6am opening. Slow brew. Room waking up.

  • First Pour

    ambient

  • Steam Rising

    warm

  • Penestanan Kaja

    folk-electronic

03

Sensatorium

2 tracks

After dark. Sushi, cocktails, slow listening.

  • 42 at Night

    electronic

  • Sober Cocktail

    trip-hop

The story

Viktor Schauberger.

Austrian forester. Naturalist. Inventor. He spent his life watching how trout swim upstream — against the current, in spirals. He built machines that moved water without pumps, that cleaned it by letting it curl.

"Natur kapieren und kopieren."

Understand nature, and copy it.

We run a coffee shop on the same principle. Plants stay plants. Cups go back to soil. Beans are roasted with attention, not at volume. The shop is small because small things can be done well.

We also build in public — this site, our member club, our training programs are all works in progress. If something is marked "coming soon," it really is. Join, and watch it happen.

2021

First cup poured

2024

Halal certified

2025

Reopened, rebuilt

Visit

Find us on the lane.

Penestanan Kaja — a quiet street a few minutes from central Ubud, away from the traffic. No rice-field view, just a good street-corner shop.

Address

Jl. Banjar Penestanan Kaja No.52
Sayan, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571

Hours

Daily · 06:00 — 19:00
Sensatorium 42 · Thursdays 18:00 — 23:00