Laidrey Coffee Roasters
Curator’s note
The bar here is built like a kitchen island, Tachejian's idea, so that sitting at the counter means talking to whoever is working rather than watching their back. The coffee is the flagship's: eight exclusively traceable single origins roasted in Tarzana, the Costa Rica naming Finca La Guaca and producer Café Rivense at 1,600 masl.
Espresso, SWW Optimize protein and fiber powder, house-made almond milk, banana and dates, blended with ice.
An open-faced toast with jalapeno cream cheese, smoked salmon, pickled onions, capers and arugula on bread or a bagel.
The coffee
The bean lineup is brand-wide: eight single-origins at $22, sourced through Sustainable Harvest and Covoya with a stated emphasis on women-led farms. The Costa Rica bag names Finca La Guaca, producer Café Rivense in the Chirripó micro-region, Caturra and Catuai, natural process, 1,600 masl, though no bag ever carries a roast date.
- Costa Rica Washed Coffee, Mujeres en Libertad, Noah
- Medium
- Red Catuai, Caturra, Obata
- Washed
- Coopelibertad, Mujeres en Libertad project, more than 35 farms managed by women producers
caramelized brown sugar · spiced apple · cocoa
- Costa Rica Natural Process Coffee, Finca La Guaca, Aiden
- Medium-light
- Caturra, Catuai
- Natural
- Finca La Guaca (Café Rivense)
fruity · sugarcane · dried strawberry
- Mexico Chiapas, Cafe Delas Ki-Saya Organic Whole Bean Coffee - Audrey
- Medium
- Washed, fermented 12-17 hours, sun-dried on patios
- Woman-owned farms, Covoya's Café Delas program
honey · dark chocolate · mandarin
- Ethiopian Coffee – Guji Hambella Washed Grade 1 - Leo
- Medium
- Washed
- Dimtu Washing Station
chocolate · macadamia · cream · dates
- Honduras La Avi Dark Roast Coffee Beans
- Dark
- Catuai, Bourbon, Lempira, Pacas, IHCAFE 90
- Washed
- La Avi project, organic-certified smallholder farmers
dark chocolate · spice · caramel apple
- Guatemala Coffee - Huehuetenango Washed Whole Bean Organic Coffee
- Medium
- Caturra, Pache, Catuai
- Washed
- Smallholder farms
chocolate · toasted almonds · hazelnut
- Decaf Coffee - Colombia Sugarcane Process
- Medium
- Typica, Villa Sarchi
- Sugarcane Process
- Azahar Farm
chocolate · cherry · biscotti
The room
Tachejian built the bar like a kitchen island so guests can sit at the counter and talk to whoever is working: 2,000 square feet, 30 seats, an outlet at nearly every one. Framed burlap coffee bags hang under gold-and-black pendant lights keyed to the matte black and gold trim of the company's Probat P5, which is a degree of color-matching most cafes never think to attempt.
The vibe
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