Two friends, one espresso machine

Our Origin

It started over a borrowed espresso machine.

In 2014, we, Lina Castellanos and Theo Park, were two friends with day jobs and a shared obsession with the perfect cappuccino. Theo had spent a summer apprenticing at a roastery in Seattle. Lina baked pastries that disappeared within an hour of leaving her oven.

When the corner storefront on Linden Street came up for lease, we pooled six months of savings, borrowed an old La Marzocco from a friend, and opened with a six-stool counter and a hand-painted sign. We didn’t plan on this becoming a career. The neighborhood had other ideas.

Twelve years later, we still pour every shot ourselves on weekend mornings, still know our regulars by their orders, and still believe the best part of the day is the first warm cup.

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