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We're a small neighborhood café — what we can do is pick suppliers we know by name and keep the radius short. Here's how that looks day to day.
Our espresso is Stumptown Hairbender; our decaf is Stumptown Trapper Creek. Both are sourced through Stumptown's Direct Trade program, which means farmers are paid above commodity-market price, with multi-year contracts and transparent quality premiums. We chose Stumptown specifically because the sourcing chain is documented and we can name the farms our beans come from when guests ask.
Our traditional Armenian coffee uses finely-ground beans brewed with cardamom in the jazve. We source it in small batches so it stays fresh on the shelf. No bulk warehousing, no oxidation.
Whole, 2%, oat, and almond. Oat milk is the most-ordered alt — it has a lower water and land footprint than dairy, and it steams beautifully. No upcharge for oat or almond on espresso drinks.
Bread is delivered fresh daily so we don't carry surplus we'd need to throw out. Pastries follow the same daily-rotation rule. End-of-day pastries that don't sell go to staff or to a local food-rescue contact when we have one — never the dumpster if we can help it.
Fruit for Toast Towers (strawberries, banana, fig, apple) is sourced fresh weekly. We don't use frozen pre-cut fruit on dessert toasts — the visual + the texture matter. Greens for salads come from regional California growers.
Compostable to-go
Hot cups, lids, sleeves, and napkins are compostable or recyclable where possible.
Water on request
Filtered water from the bar, in glass for dine-in. We don't pre-pour water for tables that haven't asked.
Local-only delivery radius
Catering deliveries are Montrose / Glendale / La Cañada / Pasadena only — keeps our delivery footprint to ~15 miles.
Real plates inside
Dine-in service is on real plates and ceramic mugs. We never default a dine-in guest into to-go packaging.
If you have questions about where something on the menu comes from — ask us, we're glad to share.
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