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Curator’s note
Chris O'Brien has never owned a car or held a driver's license, and the first Coffee Cycle was a used pedicab he fitted out as an espresso cart on advice from fellow baristas and cyclists, parked on Pacific Highway at seven every morning for the riders' commute. A slow day on the cart turned up this Grand Avenue storefront on a real estate app, directly across from a Starbucks, and the retired cart is the counter the coffee is ordered over.
The Coffee
Coffee Cycle's greens come routinely through Red Fox Coffee Merchants, every retail order is roasted the Monday after it is placed, and the espresso has been pulled on a spring lever since day one. One direct-trade bag is a Nicaragua natural from Gold Mountain Coffee Growers in Jinotega, dried 34 days on raised beds.
- Honduras Finca del Carmen
Honduras, Marcala · 1600 m.a.s.l.
- Varietals
- Parainema, Catuai
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Martin Turcios, Finca del Carmen
Dubai chocolate · white chocolate · juicy pear
- Ethiopia Arsosala Natural
Ethiopia, Uraga, Guji · 1800–1900 m.a.s.l.
- Varietals
- Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
- Process
- Natural, raised beds 8–20 days
- Producer
- Arsosala Washing Station, ~1,200 smallholder farmers
fresh jasmine · stone fruit · cooked berries
- Indonesia Flores Bajawa Eko Heto Washed
Indonesia, Eko Heto, Bajawa, Ngada Regency, Flores
- Varietals
- Linie-S795
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- Smallholder farmers, Eko Heto area
dark chocolate · caramel · subtle dried fruit
- Colombia Peñas Blancas Mossto
Colombia, Bruselas, Pitalito, Huila · ~1,820 MASL
- Varietals
- Caturra
- Process
- Double Fermentation Anaerobic Mossto Washed
- Producer
- Peñas Blancas processing center, Jhoan Vergara and Nestor Lasso
tropical fruit · fermented sweetness · cocoa
- Kenya Gachatha AA
Kenya, Muthuaini, Thiriku, Gachenge, and Kianjau villages, Nyeri · 1800 m.a.s.l.
- Varietals
- Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
- Process
- Washed, Kenya's traditional double-washed method
- Producer
- Gachatha Farmers Cooperative Society
cacao and burnt sugar · savory accents · crisp apple
- Dark Roast Honduras
Honduras, Marcala
- Roast
- Dark
- Varietals
- Paraneima
- Process
- Honey
- Producer
- Juan Urquia
baking chocolate · toffee · vanilla
- Decaf Colombia Huila
Colombia, Huila
- Process
- Sugarcane processed
mixed nuts · dark chocolate · toasted wheat
The Vibe
The whole cafe is 450 square feet, doors open at six on weekdays and shut at two every day of the week. Pretty magnificent is the owner's own phrase for it, which is more affection than a room that size usually gets.
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