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Mexican Single-Origin Pour-Over
A washed Obata from Chiapas or a natural Sarchimor from Amatepec.
La Tormenta
Altura cold brew, lemon oleo and tonic, or matcha in place of the cold brew.
Whisked Matcha
Kettl's Uji Homare, whisked by hand with hot water.
Curator’s note
Julian Scharman threw his own ceramics while apprenticing in Mexico City, Café Tormenta among the stops, and in August 2026 he opened Loto at his house in Echo Park. He made the cups smaller than standard on purpose, to keep the milk to espresso ratio tight.
The Coffee
Altura, a washed, certified organic coffee grown at 1,900 meters on Finca Cascadas in Chiapas and sold only by Loto, goes into the espresso drinks and the cold brew. Mexican single origins go to pour-over for here, including a honey-process Geisha from Guerrero, and the caffeine-free cup is mugicha, a Japanese roasted barley tea.
- Altura
Mexico, Chiapas · 1,900 m
- Roast
- Medium
- Varietals
- Obata, Geisha, V6
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Finca Cascadas
Orange twist · Dulce de leche · Dark chocolate
The Vibe
Loto opens through the gate in a wooden fence marked 2056, and a gravel path runs along the side of the white house to the window at the back where orders go in. Out back, terraced white concrete planters of grasses rise over a long built-in bench, with round concrete tables and burgundy chairs punched with round holes on the gravel under fabric sail shades.
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