Conservatory For Coffee, Tea & Cocoa
Curator’s note
The shelf here goes to farm level: Dukunde Kawa's 459 farmers around the Mbilima station, printed on a bag in a shop that opened in 1995. Three decades on, the drum still turns where customers can watch it, a choice this family has never seen a reason to reverse.
Espresso, steamed milk and vanilla powder, served hot, over ice or blended.
A buttery, flaky croissant filled with almond creme and toasted almonds, from Baker's Kneaded.
The coffee
All of it is roasted in-house, and the seventeen bags on the shelf name the washing station, the altitude, the varietal and the process, but not the roast date.
- Organic Guatemala Los Volcanes
- Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Sarchimor, Anacafe 14
- Fully washed and dried in the sun
- Coffee producers from Alta Verapaz
peach · apple · orange · caramel
- Organic Honduras 'APROCOMSA' Natural
- Catuai, Icatu, Ihcafe 90, Catimor
- Fully washed and dried on patios and elevated tables inside solar dryers
- Women producers, members of Asociación de Productores Orgánicos Café Organico Marcala, S.A. (APROCOMSA)
strawberry · raspberry · cherry · milk chocolate · sugary
- Organic Honduras Yellow Honey Finca Liquidámbar
- Bourbon, Catuai, Pacas
- Pulped natural (Honey) and dried inside solar dryers
- Finca Liquidámbar, Roberto Rene González
brown sugar · floral · nectarine · toasted coconut
- Organic Peru Valle de Naranja
- Double fermentation (48 hours in cherry, then 48 hours after pulping), fully washed, dried in solar dryers
- Alpes Andinos, 30 smallholder farmers near the village of La Naranja
orange peel · honey graham crackers · chocolate · dried apples
- Organic Washed Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
- Indigenous heirloom cultivars
- Fully washed, dried on raised beds
- 255 farmers, Halo Bariti Cooperative
white peach · bergamot · rose · honey
- Organic Sumatra Gayo
- Wet hulled
heavy body · chocolate · dark toffee · cola · pipe tobacco · black cherry
- Organic French Roast
- Dark
stout · bittersweet · earthy · burnt caramel
- Decaf Organic Mexico Royal Select Water Process
- Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Typica
- Royal Select Water Process; fully washed and dried in the sun
The room
The roaster still runs at the front of the room, right beside the seating, and more than fifty loose-leaf teas wait in gold tins along the wall. A local family opened this Washington Boulevard room in 1995, which is longer than most of the coffee bars in this city have been alive.
The vibe
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People
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