Penny Coffee Roasters
Curator’s note
A food-hall counter running four named lots on manual brew is more program than that format usually attempts, and Penny roasts every one of them itself, from green bought on a relationship basis. The retail shelf runs ten coffees with origin, varietal and process, including a Pink Bourbon and a Gesha from the same Colombian producer.
Lemonade, basil and espresso, sweet and tart, a summer seasonal the shop has poured for years.
The coffee
Roasted in house every Monday and Tuesday, with origin, varietal and process on the bags (a Gera, Jimma natural from Ethiopia and a Colombian Pink Bourbon among the ten retail lots), though no product page prints a roast date.
- Standard Issue
- Caturra, Sarchimor, Mundo Novo, Heirloom varieties
- Washed
chocolate · caramel · dried fruits
- Bookissa, Ethiopia
- Heirloom Varieties
- Natural
strawberry · sweet citrus · white chocolate
- San Pedro Yosotatu, Mexico
- Bourbon, Typica
- Fully washed
pink lemonade · cashew · caramel apple
- Yukro, Ethiopia
- Heirloom Varieties
- Fully Washed
stone fruit · melon · floral
- Maryi Yaneth Pink Bourbon, Colombia
- Pink Bourbon
- Fully washed
- Maryi Yaneth
tropical fruits · brown sugars · florals
- Maryi Yaneth Gesha, Colombia
- Gesha
- Fully washed
- Maryi Yaneth
Clementine · honey suckle · oolong tea
- Jaminton Guaraca, Colombia
- Daypack
- Natural
- Thair Aba Mecha
- Decaf Huila
- Roasters Choice
The room
This is a counter rather than a room of its own: Penny works a stall inside Glendora Public Market, the San Gabriel Valley food hall built into a 1948 Helms Bakery. A roastery running Mondays and Tuesdays inside a building that opened as a bakery is tidier continuity than most cafes ever get.
The vibe
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People
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