09/03/2026
It’s already nearly time for our annual Fall Break! Our team will soon be taking 4 weeks off to rest, take care of some overdue projects, do a little traveling, and refresh before the holidays.
We will be open for 3 more weekends before our 4-week break begins.
Last day open: Sunday, 9/20
CLOSED Monday, 9/21 - Thursday, 10/22
We always appreciate your understanding when we take breaks like these! From the outside, naturally, one would expect that we would have plenty of free time Mondays - Thursdays when our shop is closed. It’s surprising to many when we explain that we must work full days every day of the week (except mostly half days on Mondays) to keep things running. Breaks like these always provide us with renewed perspective and purpose and allow us to continually improve and give you our best.
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Although it has already been three months since its completion, we never properly introduced our newly renovated shop! These photos show the main additions: our vintage 3kg Fuji Royal roaster and new coffee bar.
Before the renovation, Chef Calvin roasted all of our beans with a 1kg manual roaster exclusively. While he still uses the 1kg roaster for certain roasts, he now roasts most of our beans with the 3kg Fuji Royal perforated drum roaster that we imported from Japan. Roasting with a direct fire machine allows him to further bring out the beans’ complexity, making our signature roasts even bolder and more flavorful than before.
The coffee bar is open to all well-mannered customers over age 12 to sit, however, the only menu item made there is our Hand Drip coffee. Though our hand drip coffee is somewhat like the ubiquitous pour-over, it is a more flavorful, technical, and precise preparation of hand brewed coffee. Calvin’s technique is mainly informed by those of Nel drip masters whose coffee we tried during our travels in Japan.
Our house-roasted coffee is used in all coffee-based menu items (including our coffee macarons) and is available for purchase in 150g whole bean bags. We typically offer 8-10 different roasts/week including blends and single origins. We hope to begin shipping our coffee beans domestically soon.
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