Commons Cafe
Curator’s note
A few months open, and the bar is already buying out of Tokyo and Taipei; a shop this new usually picks whichever roaster delivers. The house espresso is blended to ratios Commons set rather than ratios someone sold it, and the 100g bags print farm, producer, variety, process and altitude.
A latte with a house made blood orange syrup and Okinawan black rock sugar syrup, topped with a dried orange slice.
The coffee
Nothing is roasted on site: Commons buys finished coffee from four named roasters (GLITCH, Oasis, Walnuts, Stereoscope) and sells each as its own storefront collection, with the house espresso a Stereoscope collaboration roasted to Commons' own ratios and parameters. Retail runs sixteen-plus single-origin lots, including a GLITCH-roasted Pink Bourbon from Granja Paraíso 92 in Cauca, though no bag prints a roast date.
- Commons Cafe Espresso Blend
- Mixed
Bergamot · Stone Fruit · Caramel
- Oasis Ethiopia ALO TIM Natural
- 74158
- TIM Natural
Grape · Raspberry · Yellow Peach · Honey · Floral
- GLITCH Colombia Risaralda Milan (Nitro Wash)
- Caturra
- Nitro Wash
- Finca Milan
Melon · Golden Kiwi · Watermelon · Guava · Strawberry
- GLITCH Colombia Granja Paraíso 92 - Sudan Rume
- Sudan Rume
- Thermal Shock Washed
- Granja Paraíso 92
Strawberry Yogurt · Plum · Peach
- Walnuts Kenya Kii AA Fully Washed
- SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11
- Fully Washed
- Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society, Kii factory
Mikan · Blood Orange · Lily of the Valley
The room
The room runs gray and white behind a full-height glass storefront, with black powder-coated steel shelving holding the retail bags and ceramics and a landscaped walkway outside the door. Signage is minimal, which is a confident move for a shop only a few months old.
The vibe
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