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Pour Over
Single-origin coffee brewed by the cup.
Cortado
Espresso and milk in a 4.5-ounce cup.
Matcha
Japanese green tea.
Curator’s note
Coffee & Tea Collective began in 2010 with a group who saw no true specialty coffee scene in San Diego, and Daniel Holcomb opened this room in May 2012 in a slice of the old ABC Piano Building, which once took up the whole block. A poetry open mic takes the room every third Wednesday evening, and the Artist Series coffees go out boxed in an artist's work.
The Coffee
The house espresso is Steel Frame, a rotating single origin, the current one a washed Peru from Querocoto in Cajamarca, and the flash brew is brewed hot over ice in small batches in this room. A Kaffe Tonic and a chai of fresh spices, ginger and black tea sit beside the espresso drinks, the matcha is a Kyoto Yabukita from Uji, and the decaf is a sugarcane-process Colombia.
- Ethiopia Uraga Guji | Artist Series 018 - Diandra Stithe
Ethiopia, Uraga, Guji · 2000-2150 masl
- Varietals
- 74110, 74112
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Guji-Uraga washing station, Kuri Mountain Coffee (Habtamu Fekadu Aga)
lemon · apricot · black tea
- Tanzania Peaberry
Tanzania, Songwe and Ruvuma Regions in Southern Tanzania · 1500-1800 masl
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Kent, Typica
- Process
- Washed
raspberry · caramel candies · orange
- Burundi Busambo
Burundi, Kayanza · 1850-2100 masl
- Varietals
- Red Bourbon
- Process
- Natural
golden grape · butterscotch · jackfruit
- Burundi Remera
Burundi, Kayanza · 1850-2100 masl
- Varietals
- Red Bourbon
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Umoco washing station
vanilla cream · red tea · floral
- Ampersand
Honduras & Tanzania · 1000-1800 masl
- Process
- Washed
chocolate · berries · smooth
- Tandem
Burundi and Peru
- Process
- Natural Burundi + Washed Peru
orange blossom honey · dragonfruit · cacao · plum
- Easy Ride
Mexico, Veracruz · 1400-1500 masl
- Varietals
- Mixed Varietal
- Process
- Washed
dark chocolate · asian pear · toffee
- Steel Frame
Peru, Cajamarca · 1900-2100 masl
- Varietals
- Castillo, Pache, Catuai
- Process
- Washed
chocolate liqueur · stonefruit · cranberry
- Sugarcane Decaf
Colombia, Viejo Caldas · 1800-2100 masl
- Varietals
- Caturra, Castillo
- Process
- Sugarcane/Ethyl Acetate
dark chocolate · dried fruits · caramel
The Vibe
Coffee & Tea Collective's bar is faced in white tile under a pale concrete top, with the syrups lined up in glass bottles and a printed menu in a wood frame hung from the ceiling above it. The wall behind is tiled to the ceiling, a cluster of globe pendants hangs over one end of the counter, and the floor is polished concrete under a tall glass storefront onto El Cajon Boulevard.
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