Coffee Code Espresso Bar
Curator’s note
Angie Chun won the 2015 US Latte Art Championship on six weeks of practice, which is a demoralizing amount of natural ability. She drew this room herself too, and the family roasts its own on a Loring in Brea now, having opened on somebody else's beans.
From the slow bar, brewed with beans Coffee Code roasts weekly on a Loring machine.
The coffee
The family roasts weekly on a Loring in Brea, and the retail line runs ten SKUs at $18 flat: six single origins by country and process (Ethiopia Natural, Vietnam Washed Honey, Colombia Washed, Guatemala Natural, Brazil Natural, Burundi Washed) plus four blends led by Fair Lady. The house roast is a later development (this bar opened pouring Klatch), and no farm, varietal or roast date appears on any current listing.
- Fair Lady
- Medium-dark
milk chocolate · caramel · red apple
- High Limit
- Dark
deep chocolate
- Liberty Walk
- Medium
cherry · plum · berry jam · cane sugar
- Rewind (decaf)
- Medium
- Swiss water process
baker's chocolate · molasses · barley
- Ethiopia, Washed
- Light
- Washed
bergamot · lemon cake · cinnamon · peach · fruit cocktail
- Colombia, Washed
- Medium
- Washed
chocolate · red fruits · citrus · heavy body
- Guatemala, Natural
- Medium
- Natural
berries · fruity gummy bear · chocolate · apricot
- Brazil, Natural
- Medium
- Natural
chocolate · honey · almond · dried fruits
- Burundi, Washed
- Medium
- Washed
dark toffee · dried apple · dried cherry · cooked pineapple
The room
Angie Chun designed the room herself (she and her brother call it their ideal espresso bar), and it runs light gray and white throughout, minimal decor, with enough natural light that the place reads larger than it is. Eleven years later, that is still exactly the room.
The vibe
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