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Minced Pork Rice
Taiwanese style braised minced pork with pickled cucumbers over a quinoa and white rice blend, served with clear chicken broth and pickled vegetables.
Thursday8 AM – 9 PM
Curator’s note
Winnie Lee, an internationally trained roast master, and Jerry Huang, who works the tamp, dose and temperature, started Aroma Craft online in 2014, roasting every batch to order. The shop in Walnut opened in spring 2017 with two house rules: espresso tasted and dialed every few hours, and latte art poured free, never in 3D.
The Coffee
The cold side of the manual bar runs cold brew and Kyoto iced drip, and the espresso goes into lattes flavored with black sesame, brown sugar, hojicha, rose or crème brûlée. Taiwanese teas from Nantou (black, jasmine and oolong) share the menu with hand-whisked matcha, and the shop teaches pour-over and latte art classes, the latter led by SCA-certified baristas.
- Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Yirgacheffe
- Roast
- Light
- Process
- Natural
strawberry · grapes · plum juice · milk chocolate finish
- Aroma Blossom
- Roast
- Medium-light
- Process
- Washed
orange blossom · green grape · apple oolong tea · honey finish
- Espresso Blend
- Roast
- Medium-dark
low acidity · well-balanced · nuts · chocolate · velvety finish
- Aroma Classic
- Roast
- Medium-dark
smooth body · earthy · cocoa · nutty aftertaste
The Vibe
The roaster works in a mid-century Taiwanese setting inside a Valley Boulevard plaza suite, enclosed by 1960s and 1970s flat iron street gates that took two years to collect and a master ironsmith to upcycle. Taiwanese metal address plates, vintage notebook collections and wall decor fill out a room built to bring the community together for conversation.
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