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Awaken Cafe & Roasting
Oakland, CA, USA
Awaken Cafe & Roasting has been a downtown Oakland community coffee-house since 2008 — espresso bar, coffee-gear retailer, restaurant, beer & wine bar and event venue in one, with a rotating art gallery. It roasts its own coffee regularly at the Pulley Collective shared roastery in West Oakland, selling single origins and its Woakland Espresso blend in biodegradable bags, plus subscriptions and wholesale. Named one of the SF Chronicle’s 25 best coffee shops in the Bay Area (2022) and repeatedly voted Best Cafe by East Bay Express readers. Source: awakencafe.com.
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USA
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6 coffees
Mexican Esmeralda decaffeinated with ethyl acetate (EA), a naturally occurring compound, then rinsed and re-dried. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Orange, caramel, semi-sweet chocolate
Lot from Monte Azul, a family operation in Huatusco, Veracruz that is vertically integrated from farm to export, named after Don José Gorbeña Rojas who founded the family coffee legacy in the 1950s. Fully washed at the estate wet-mill and dried in the sun and in guardiolas. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Orange peel, pecan pie
From Huixoc, a 320-acre estate established by Alejandro Solis’ grandfather in the 1940s, now being aggressively renovated after years of leaf-rust damage, with on-farm research access for Anacafé and monthly conservation seminars for the families who live and work there. Fully washed, sun-dried. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Grapefruit, peach, vanilla, caramel
Certified-organic anaerobically fermented natural from CAFESMO, a young cooperative (founded 2016) in Ocotepeque, northwest Honduras, that runs large-scale natural processing usually reserved for competition micro-lots — part of the first full container it exported to the US. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Blueberry, watermelon, white wine
Community blend from Coopepalmares, a cooperative of 1,400+ producer-members in Palmares, Alajuela, processed at its ISO-certified mill with recycled water. Eco-pulped and sun-dried on patios. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Peanut, milk chocolate, orange, maple syrup
House espresso blend of single-origin beans from Costa Rica, Mexico and Honduras. Roasted by Awaken at Pulley Collective in Oakland. Source: awakencafe.com (roaster’s own copy).
Bright, citrusy, chocolatey