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Portola changes its espresso blend with each harvest season.
Apricot Pistachio Danish
A danish with apricot and pistachio.
Thursday7 AM – 5 PM
Curator’s note
Jeff Duggan and his wife Christa met at a computer-security training class in 2000, and Jeff roasted at home for years before it became a business. The name honors Gaspar de Portolà, who led the first European overland expedition through what is now Orange County.
The Coffee
The daily drip turns over lot by lot, each named to its producer or wash plant, from Gashu Tafese's Sidama to a Benti Nenka natural out of Hambela. The matcha is Mizuba's ceremonial grade.
- Incognito
clementine-like acidity · almond brittle body · honeysuckle floral finish
- Re/mixPour-over
malic sweetness · buttery walnut-like texture · cinnamon finish
- Decaf Popayan
- Process
- Ethyl acetate (EA) decaffeination
brown sugar sweetness · black currant acidity · hazelnut undertones
The Vibe
The bar was built as a laboratory and meant it: a lime-green-and-bamboo island counter low enough that customers walk around it, lacquered tabletops printed with beakers and coffee plants, white lab coats under the glow of halogen heaters. The business has since shortened its name from Portola Coffee Lab to plain Portola, though a room built that literally around one idea is not an easy thing to redecorate away.
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