According to Anton Schindler, Beethoven’s secretary and biographer, coffee was an essential part of the composer’s daily ritual. . Each morning, he often prepared it himself, carefully counting exactly sixty coffee beans per cup. He measured them individually even when serving guests.
An 1823 account notes that part of Beethoven’s daily life in Vienna included stopping at a café before his morning walk: he would read the newspaper, smoke his pipe, and converse with friends.
It was likely such a morning that inspired Eduard Klosson’s drawing of Beethoven, showing him seated in a café with his coffee.

Photo: Beethoven-Haus Bonn