Black Dog Coffee Roasters
Curator’s note
Portillo roasts to order and returns to El Salvador several times a year to oversee his family's farm, and each of the eight retail coffees carries a region, varietal, and process. The house roast runs medium to dark on purpose, against the grain of most of specialty LA, and this address is a cart at a working roastery rather than a room to settle into.
The coffee
Eight single origins roasted to order, from the family's Salvadoran farm to a washed Yirgacheffe and a honey-process Gesha, each one listing its region, varietal and process.
- Sivarland-El Salvador
- Bourbon, Caruturra
- Natural
- Finca El Porvenir
Pineapple · Chocolate · Honey
- Jumping Beans-Mexico
- Bourbon, Catuaí, Caturra, Criollo
- Natural - Hand Crafted
- Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNAY)
Chocolate · Honey · Citric
- El Quetzal-Guatemala
- Pacamara, Bourbon
- Semi-washed
Blackberry · Nectarine · Cacao
- The Peruvian-Peru
- Typica, Caturra, Catimor
- Washed & Sun Dried
- Finca La Esperanza
Bakers cocoa · Sweet tangerine · Peach · Dry almond finish
- Tanzania Peaberry
- Bourbon, Kent
- Washed & Sun Dried
Browns sugar · Tangerine · Vanilla
- Colombia-"Decaf"
- Decaffeinated in Colombia using ethyl acetate
Pleasantly sugary
- The Ethiopian
- Heirloom
- Washed
Fruity · Floral · Bright · Balanced
- The Gesha (Geisha) - El Salvador
- Gesha
- Honey - Hand Crafted
- Finca La Cumbre
Honey · Apricot · Flower tea
The room
This is a roastery with a cart rather than a room: a unit in a Signal Hill industrial business park, serving from the lot, with a vintage blue VW van parked out front doing the work of a sign. The draw is standing where the coffee is roasted.
The vibe
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