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Curator’s note
Francisco Portillo was a young mechanic in El Salvador when helping a farmer fix his roasting machine turned him to roasting. When shops would not take his beans even for free, he started brewing the coffee himself, from a Signal Hill roastery in 2020 to this corner of 3rd and Cerritos in November 2023.
The Coffee
Every bag is roasted to order, and on the air roaster behind this counter Portillo will take a coffee lighter on request, a wait of five to fifteen minutes, though the house default is medium, chosen for the sweet and chocolate notes. The bar started on drip alone and now pours lattes, mochas and cold brew, and the shelf carries Mori Midori ceremonial matcha from Kyoto beside the coffee.
- SIVARLAND-EL SALVADOR
El Salvador, Santa Ana, El Salvador · 3051 ft
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caruturra
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- Finca El Porvenir
pineapple · chocolate · honey
- JUMPING BEANS-MEXICO
Mexico, Nayarit, Mexico · Average altitude 3346 ft, volcanic soil
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Catuaí, Caturra, Criollo
- Process
- Natural, hand crafted
- Producer
- Grupo Terruño Nayarita (GTNAY)
chocolate · honey · citric
- EL QUETZAL-GUATEMALA
Guatemala, Eastern Guatemala, along the border with Mexico
- Varietals
- Pacamara, Bourbon
- Process
- Semi-washed
blackberry · nectarine · cacao
- THE ETHIOPIAN
Ethiopia, Yirgacheffe, Sidama · 5,900-6,500 ft
- Varietals
- Heirloom
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Small corp
fruity · floral · bright · balanced
- TANZANIA PEABERRY
Tanzania, Northern Tanzania · 3,000-5,500 ft (914-1676m)
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Kent
- Process
- Washed & sun dried
- Producer
- Small farm holders in Northern Tanzania
brown sugar · tangerine · vanilla
- THE PERUVIAN-PERU
Peru, Soritor, San Martin · 3,900 ft (995m)
- Varietals
- Typica, Caturra, Catimor
- Process
- Washed & sun dried
- Producer
- Finca La Esperanza, Walter Gutierrez
cocoa · tangerine · peach · almond
- COLOMBIA-"DECAF"
Colombia, Valle del Cauca
- Process
- Decaffeinated using ethyl acetate
sugary
- THE GESHA (GEISHA) - EL SALVADOR
El Salvador, Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador · 1,500-1,550 m
- Varietals
- Gesha
- Process
- Honey, hand crafted
- Producer
- Finca La Cumbre
honey · apricot · flower tea
The Vibe
Francisco Portillo kept Lord Windsor's checkered tile floor at the northeast corner of 3rd Street and Cerritos Avenue and added the new work: counters with coffee beans suspended in the wood, photographs of the coffee plant on the walls and the burlap sacks the green arrived in, framed.
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