Monthly Archives: September 2019

It’s go time in Aeropressland, both figuratively and literally. Towa Ikawa of Honolulu, Hawaii-based Kona Coffee Purveyors has emerged as the 2019 United States Aeropress Champion from the lively competitive…

It all started four years ago with two friends casually bemoaning the lack of good coffee in the New Orleans restaurants where they worked. Eliot Guthrie and Ian Barrilleaux soon…

Intelligentsia Coffee, Hollywood Coffeebar Website: www.intelligentsiacoffee.com Location: Los Angeles (map link) Date Open: February, 2019 Lead Architect: Standard Architecture (Los Angeles) Submitted by: The Door Project Description (Note: DCN Design Showcase project descriptions were written…

(Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of Roast Magazine. Links have been added for context.) The story of specialty coffee in Nariño, Colombia, is a story…

Bogotá-by-way-of-Brookyn-based Devoción Coffee has made a name for itself through its fixation on freshness, promising patrons a cup of joe brewed from beans that rest no more than a month…

La Central de Café Website: www.lacentraldecafe.com Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala (map link) Lead Architect and Designer: CA Arquitectura Submitted by: La Central de Café S.A. Project Description La Central de Cafe is mainly…

San Diego beer brewing and coffee roasting company Modern Times has always had a flair for fun and immersive interior design. One of the newest examples of this is a…

After two decades in Twin Cities schools as an administrator, John Peterson’s long simmering dream of owning a coffee shop has finally left the nest. The result is Yellowbird Coffee…

Elk Espresso Website: www.elkespresso.net Location: Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia (map link) Date Open: 2018 Lead Designer: Archie Bolden (Atlanta & Brisbane, Australia) Associated Firm, Design: Elk Espresso Submitted by: Archie Bolden Project Description (Note: DCN…