Mostra Coffee

Invite

Closed

Opens Fri 6 AM

Neighborhood

Carmel Mountain Ranch

Roaster

In-house

Food

Coffee only

Check-ins

Come here for

Bibingka Creme Brûlée Latte
Ghost Bear espresso combines vanilla syrup and coconut-infused whole milk under torched turbinado sugar.
Ghost Bear
Mostra's Philippine espresso blend.
Butter Croissant
Made with real French Brittany butter and imported French ingredients, baked fresh daily.

Thursday6 AM – 5 PM

Sunday7 AM – 5 PM

Monday6 AM – 5 PM

Tuesday6 AM – 5 PM

Wednesday6 AM – 5 PM

Thursday6 AM – 5 PM

Friday6 AM – 5 PM

Saturday6 AM – 5 PM

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Curator’s note

In 2009 Beverly Magtanong and Jelynn Malone, an opera singer and a television actress, were building houses in the Philippines when they decided a fair price for the farmers' crop would do more than charity, and the crop was coffee. Mostra is the Italian word for a show, and this suite in the Home Depot center was the first room the four co-founders opened, in February 2018.

The Coffee

Ghost Bear, the blend from the Sitio Belis estate in Benguet at 1,400 to 1,700 meters, is the espresso under every milk drink on the board, and the house cold brew is slow-dripped Brazil. The retail shelf runs from the Philippine Legacy and Heritage microlots to a Zongolica lot grown by twenty women in Veracruz, and a Swiss Water decaf rotates by season.

The beansCurrent lineup

Ghost Bear Espresso Blend
Philippines and Latin America, Atok mountain region, Benguet, Philippines · 1,400–1,700 masl
Roast
Medium
Process
Pulped natural and washed/wet
Producer
Sitio Belis Coffee Estate
Dark chocolate · Stone fruit · Caramelized sugar
Philippines Legacy Microlot
Philippines, Sitio Belis, Benguet · 1,400–1,700 masl
Roast
Dark
Process
Wet, honey, and natural processed
Producer
Kalsada partner producers (Ibaloi farmers), Sitio Belis
Dark fudge · Candied walnuts · Warm spice finish
Mexico Women Power Zongolica
Mexico, Zongolica, Veracruz
Roast
Medium
Process
Hand-cranked de-pulped, washed, dried on patios for 15 days
Producer
20 women farmers of the Nahuas indigenous community, NKG BLOOM program
Shortbread · Guava · Milkyway
Brazil Oberon
Brazil, Cerrado, southwestern Minas Gerais
Roast
Dark
Varietals
Mundo Novo, Catuaí
Process
Pulped natural
Chocolate · Caramel · Nutty
Ethiopia Daye Bensa
Ethiopia
Process
Natural
Producer
Shantawene Village, Daye Bensa
Colombia Providencia de Geshua
Colombia, Huila · roughly 1,750 masl
Roast
Light
Varietals
Caturra
Process
24-hour cherry oxidation, 36-hour fermentation, 15 days raised-bed drying
Producer
Fabian Acevedo family farm, Providencia de Geshua
Orange soda · Pink Lady apple · Manuka honey
Philippines Heritage Microlot
Philippines, Sitio Belis mills and Sitio Naguey
Roast
Medium-dark
Process
Washed, dry fermented 24 hours then wet fermented 24 hours
Producer
Kalsada partner producers, Sitio Naguey
Chocolate · Baking spice · Nutty finish
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Konga
Ethiopia, Konga Cooperative, Yirgacheffe · 1,900–2,300 masl
Roast
Light
Process
Washed: pulped, fermented 24–36 hours, dried 1–2 weeks on cloth beds
Producer
2,400 smallholder farmers, Konga Cooperative
Dried mango · Sweet cream · Darjeeling white tea
Thailand Golden Triangle
Thailand, Chiang Rai · 1,250–1,450 masl
Roast
Dark
Varietals
Chiang Mai, Typica, SJ133
Process
Yellow honey: selectively harvested, partial mucilage removal, raised-bed dried
Producer
Doi Pangkhon, Merlaeku family (Akha hilltribe)
Black forest cake · Rock tea · Cherry wood
Mama Bear
Roast
Medium-dark
Dark chocolate truffle · Buttermilk pancakes · Raspberry mimosa
Son Of Ghost Bear
Roast
Medium-light
Process
Natural
Mixed berries & cream · Orange marmalade · Acacia honey
Papa Bear
Philippines
Roast
Dark
Cool Beans
Vietnam; rotating Central/South America and Africa
Roast
Medium
Process
Washed/wet processed
Milk chocolate · Nutty · Citrus
Vietnam LotusPour-over
Vietnam, Cau Dat, Da Lat · 1,400–1,600 masl
Roast
Medium
Process
Washed/wet processed, Penagos-machinery pulped
Producer
Regional lot from about 100 farmers, LIFT sustainability program
Dark chocolate · Date · Baking spice · Butterscotch

The Vibe

William Hezmalhalch Architects drew this 1,247-square-foot suite as an English Industrial room meant to mimic the quality and process of Mostra's own operation. The espresso machine is a Mavam sunk into a lower bar top, the only one in San Diego when this room was new, and a bar dropped that low turns the espresso work into something the room can watch.