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Vanilla Latte
Espresso, steamed milk and vanilla powder, served hot, iced or blended.
Almond Croissant
A buttery, flaky croissant filled with almond creme and toasted almonds, from Baker's Kneaded.
Thursday8 AM – 2 PM
Curator’s note
The Conservatory started in 1995 as a family's idea for an art gallery with a coffee cart in one corner, and Ingrid Trygstad, its owner in 2010, traced the coffee to childhood road trips spent hunting down coffee and pastries across the country, her father feeding the children sugar cubes dipped in creamed coffee. The tea room she had dreamed of since childhood took its cue from the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia.
The Coffee
Wesley Scott Parker, who started roasting at Paper Tiger in Washington state in 2010, roasts in the store every day, and espresso drinks and drip go out over the bar, a dark roast on drip until noon. Bags are ground to order for anything from Turkish coffee to a Chemex, and the house roasts blends for wholesale accounts, the Culver City Fire Department among them.
- Organic Guatemala Los Volcanes
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz · 1,300–1,500 masl
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Sarchimor, Anacafe 14
- Process
- Fully washed and dried in the sun
- Producer
- Coffee producers from Alta Verapaz
peach · apple · orange · caramel
- Organic Honduras 'APROCOMSA' Natural
Honduras, Marcala, La Paz · 1,200–1,700 masl
- Varietals
- Catuai, Icatu, Ihcafe 90, Catimor
- Process
- Fully washed and dried on patios and elevated tables inside solar dryers
- Producer
- Women producers, members of Asociación de Productores Orgánicos Café Organico Marcala, S.A. (APROCOMSA)
strawberry · raspberry · cherry · milk chocolate · sugary
- Organic Honduras Yellow Honey Finca Liquidámbar
Honduras, Guascotoro, San José, La Paz · 1,510 masl
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Catuai, Pacas
- Process
- Pulped natural (Honey) and dried inside solar dryers
- Producer
- Finca Liquidámbar, Roberto Rene González
brown sugar · floral · nectarine · toasted coconut
- Organic Peru Valle de Naranja
Peru, Cajamarca (La Coipa and Huabal districts) · 1,800–1,850 masl
- Process
- Double fermentation (48 hours in cherry, then 48 hours after pulping), fully washed, dried in solar dryers
- Producer
- Alpes Andinos, 30 smallholder farmers near the village of La Naranja
orange peel · honey graham crackers · chocolate · dried apples
- Organic Washed Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
Ethiopia, Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State · 1,600–2,300 masl
- Varietals
- Indigenous heirloom cultivars
- Process
- Fully washed, dried on raised beds
- Producer
- 255 farmers, Halo Bariti Cooperative
white peach · bergamot · rose · honey
- Organic Sumatra Gayo
Indonesia, Aceh
- Process
- Wet hulled
heavy body · chocolate · dark toffee · cola · pipe tobacco · black cherry
- Organic French Roast
Honduras
- Roast
- Dark
stout · bittersweet · earthy · burnt caramel
- Decaf Organic Mexico Royal Select Water Process
Mexico, Chiapas · 1,100–1,700 masl
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Typica
- Process
- Royal Select Water Process; fully washed and dried in the sun
The Vibe
The roaster still runs at the front of the room, right beside the seating, and more than fifty loose-leaf teas wait in gold tins along the wall. A local family opened this Washington Boulevard room in 1995, which is longer than most of the coffee bars in this city have been alive.
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