Primo Passo Coffee
Curator’s note
The filter lots are published down to farm, varietal, altitude and harvest window: the Colombia names all three growers at El Rubi. Laura Moeller hand-paints the label on every retail bag, which tells you the scale they are working at.
A single-farm Ethiopian pour over from Guji, light roast and washed process, brewed individually as a 12oz cup.
A citrus olive oil cake from the pastry lineup, delivered fresh daily alongside the croissants and scones.
The coffee
They roast their own, and the origin detail runs deep (the Ethiopia Guji Arsosala is a washed heirloom lot from a single farm, Mr. Ocholo Bedecho's, at 2,200–2,300 masl), though nothing on the store carries a roast date.
- Monet - Signature Espresso Blend
- General Fortier - House Blend
- Colombia - Sidamo Heirloom - 10oz
- Medium
- Sidamo Heirloom
- Washed
- El Rubi (Wilder Lazo, Segundo Lazo, Heiner Lasso)
pineapple · chocolate covered almonds · lemon · toffee
- Guatemala - Finca Terrazas
- Medium
- San Ramon
- Washed
- Finca Terrazas
chocolate · blackberry · caramel
- Kenya - Uteuzi Kimbo - Kirinyaga - 10oz
- Medium
- Batian, SL28, SL34
- Washed
papaya · caramelized sugar · raisin
- Ethiopia - Guji Arsosala
- Light
- Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
- Washed
- Mr. Ocholo Bedecho
toffee · cooked stone fruit · mild fresh apple blossom
The room
Ralph Gentile Architects drew the interior of this corner at Montana and 7th, a practice known for working the seam between indoors and out. Co-owner Laura Moeller is an interior designer herself, and she hand-paints the label on every retail bag, a shop where the design instinct did not stop at the walls.
The vibe
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People
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