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Espresso Double Shot
A double shot of Brown Betty espresso.
Avocado & Bacon Toast
Toasted ciabatta with crispy bacon, a whole avocado, za'atar seasoning, and red pepper aioli.
Curator’s note
Kian Abedini had Compelling's first cafe ready to open at the start of 2020, and then the shutdown held it for months: countertops stuck with no drivers to deliver them, inspections cancelled by the city. It opened as a quiet soft open that June, longtime customers of the roastery drove in from as far as Riverside County, and five years on the tally of what the room has outlasted runs to a pandemic, the strikes and a flood that caved the ceiling in.
The Coffee
The drip and the flash-brewed cold coffee pour a rotating single origin, the board's specials are an espresso tonic (espresso and ginger beer) and a matcha tonic (ceremonial matcha and coconut soda), and any drink takes pistachio or oat milk and house syrups of vanilla bean, mocha, honey-lavender and chai. The tea runs mint, Earl Grey lavender and chamomile, and the bags for sale are roaster's choice, one African and one Latin American single origin beside the dark Blueprint and a decaf.
- Kenya KirinyagaPour-over
Kenya, Kirinyaga district
- Varietals
- Bourbon
- Producer
- Approximately 2,000 small farmers across Kirinyaga district
red plum · tropical fruit · spiced muscovado sugar
- Mexico Monte Azul
Mexico, Huatusco, Veracruz
- Varietals
- Borbon, Caturra, Costa Rica 75, Oro Azteca, Typica
- Producer
- Finca Monte Azul
chocolate syrup · caramelized lemon · butterscotch
- Costa Rica Monte CrisolPour-over
Costa Rica, Alajuela
- Varietals
- Caturra, Catuai
- Producer
- Cooperativa de Caficultores y de Servicios Múltiples de Palmares
crisp · sweet · balanced
- Brown Betty Seasonal Blend
- Varietals
- Ethiopian heirloom landraces
- Producer
- Estate and some small farms
ripe tropical fruit · milk chocolate-covered caramel · clean, sweet finish
- Blueprint Seasonal House Coffee
Guatemala, Huehuetenango
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caturra, Typica, Catuai
- Producer
- Union Cantinil
crisp · chocolate-y · smooth
- Decaf Colombia Palestina
Colombia
- Varietals
- Caturra, Tabi, Colombia, Castillo
- Process
- naturally decaffeinated coffee using sugar cane extract at origin
- Producer
- Assorted small villages
dried cherry · fig · big sweetness
The Vibe
Three hundred square feet in the Line Lofts building make up Compelling's room, the Fathom Design Studio build-out: floor-to-ceiling glass along Las Palmas under a black fascia, a terrazzo counter flecked black, ochre and rust, a red La Marzocco beneath terrazzo-framed menu boards, and a panel of faux boxwood hung from the ceiling over the bar, with a white-painted block wall at the back. Out front, black bistro tables and chairs line the sidewalk beside the takeout window.
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