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The Coffee Room

A consultancy with taste.

A page on the site that has nothing to do with consulting and everything to do with who we are. Beans of the world, coffees of the world, and where the team has actually had their best cup.

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Beans of the world.

Eight origins. Same species, very different cups. Click any bean to see tasting notes and which team member swears by it.

ET
Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe
1,750–2,200m
YE
Yemen
Mocha
1,500–2,400m
CO
Colombia
Huila
1,500–2,000m
BR
Brazil
Cerrado
800–1,200m
KE
Kenya
Nyeri
1,400–2,000m
ID
Indonesia
Sumatra
900–1,500m
GT
Guatemala
Antigua
1,500–1,700m
VN
Vietnam
Dắk Lắk
500–800m
ET
Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe
The birthplace.

The species itself was first cultivated in the Ethiopian highlands. Floral, citric, complex.

Tasting notes
Jasmine, bergamot, lemon zest
Team favorite
Aarav swears by it

Coffees of the world.

The same ingredients, very different drinks. Eight cups, eight ratios, eight countries.

Espresso
Italy
Ristretto
Italy
Lungo
Italy
Americano
USA
Cortado
Spain
Flat White
Australia
Cappuccino
Italy
Cà phê đá
Vietnam

Where we've had our best cup.

Team vignettes from cafés around the world. Short, specific, slightly indulgent.

Aarav · Tomoca, Addis Ababa

Six in the morning, jet-lagged, told the barista I'd take whatever the regulars order. She poured a single black espresso from a fifty-year-old Faema and put a glass of water beside it. Best fifteen birr I've ever spent.

Maya · Sant'Eustachio, Rome

They make it with their backs to you so you can't see the technique. Argued with my grandmother for twenty minutes about whether the foam mattered. It did. She was right.

Diego · La Bohème, Mexico City

Ordered a cortado, got a lecture on Chiapas elevations and a free second one. Stayed three hours, missed a flight, learned more about extraction than I have from any pour-over guide.

Lin · % Arabica, Kyoto

A single Kyoto-style cold brew, served at the river. The cup was small. The line was long. The man in front of me was eighty and had been coming every Sunday for twenty-three years.