Compelling Coffee
Curator’s note
Compelling prints the part most roasters keep to themselves: the washing station, the farmer count, and the price paid at origin, $5.70 a pound for the Rwanda Ruli. A company that will tell you what it paid the farmer still won't name the single origin on drip, which is a strange place to stop.
A double shot of the seasonal Brown Betty espresso blend, with rich chocolate, jammy fruit, and a clean finish.
Toasted ciabatta with crispy bacon, a whole avocado, za'atar seasoning, and red pepper aioli.
The coffee
Compelling roasts its own and sells roast-to-order rather than dated stock, shipping within 48 hours of a Sunday or Wednesday cutoff, with origin pages naming 836 farmers at the Dukunde Kawa washing station for the Rwanda Ruli. That catalog serves all three of the company's cafes; whether any of it is on a shelf in this room is another matter.
- Kenya Kirinyaga
- Bourbon
- Approximately 2,000 small farmers across Kirinyaga district
red plum · tropical fruit · spiced muscovado sugar
- Mexico Monte Azul
- Borbon, Caturra, Costa Rica 75, Oro Azteca, Typica
- Finca Monte Azul
chocolate syrup · caramelized lemon · butterscotch
- Costa Rica Monte Crisol
- Caturra, Catuai
- Cooperativa de Caficultores y de Servicios Múltiples de Palmares
crisp · sweet · balanced
- Brown Betty Seasonal Blend
- Ethiopian heirloom landraces
- Estate and some small farms
ripe tropical fruit · milk chocolate-covered caramel · clean, sweet finish
- Blueprint Seasonal House Coffee
- Bourbon, Caturra, Typica, Catuai
- Union Cantinil
crisp · chocolate-y · smooth
- Decaf Colombia Palestina
- Caturra, Tabi, Colombia, Castillo
- naturally decaffeinated coffee using sugar cane extract at origin
- Assorted small villages
dried cherry · fig · big sweetness
The room
Three hundred square feet, built out with local Fathom Design Studio inside the Line Lofts building, with a patio and a takeout window taking the pressure off the floor plan. Small rooms only work when someone drew them on purpose, and someone drew this one.
The vibe
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People
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