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Pour Over
Freelance roasts the single-origin coffee at its Newport Beach roastery.
Butter Croissant
A plain butter croissant from the cafe food menu.
Thursday7:30 AM – 5 PM
Curator’s note
Nat and Jem met in New York and spent a decade in Australia before coming to this address in 2014 to run the US office of their agency, Passport Brand Design, and the roasting started as a side project to keep that team going.
The Coffee
Matcha is hand-whisked, with lavender or the baristas' favorite, maple, to stir in, and a barcode sticker on every table takes orders and refills without a trip to the counter.
- Guatemala Bella Carmona
Guatemala, Antigua Valley, Sacatepéquez · 1,500–1,650 m
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Dwarf Bourbon, Red and Yellow Caturra, Catimor
- Process
- Washed
- Producer
- 18 Farms Managed by Luis Pedro Zelaya
Lemon · Kumquat · Raisin · Cinnamon · Cocoa
- Guatemala Finca Los Caballitos
Guatemala, San Gaspar Chajul, Quiché
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Caturra
- Producer
- Finca Los Caballitos, Oscar and Christian Schaps
- Mexico Sierra Roja
Mexico, Veracruz · 900–1,200 m
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- Smallholder Producers, APG Coffee
Strawberry · Cacao Nibs · Cane Sugar
- Mexico Ki-Saya
Mexico, Chiapas
- Process
- Washed, fermented 12–17 hours, dried on patios
- Producer
- Covoya Cafe Delas woman producer program
- Brazil Catuai Natural
Brazil, Cerrado Mineiro
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- Cerrado
Almond · Brown Sugar · Red Apple · Orange
- Peru Bourbon
Peru, Amazonian Andes · 1,600–1,800 m
- Varietals
- Caturra, Bourbon
- Process
- Natural
- Producer
- JUMARP (El Palto)
Apple Cider · Chocolate · Lemon Tea
- Decaf Colombia
Colombia, Buesaco, Nariño · over 2,100 m
- Process
- Ethyl acetate decaf (Sugarcane Process), fully washed and sun-dried on patios
- Producer
- Smallholder farmers
Caramel · Chocolate · Molasses
The Vibe
Natalie Taormina led the interior, and outside, the building is a wall of clipped ivy lettered SINGLE ORIGIN COFFEE, with a glass awning over an open front where seats sit among cacti. Inside, black pendants and trailing pothos hang from a plywood ceiling, ferns hang under framed glass panels, and the tables are topped in marble.
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