Roasteries / Combi Coffee
Combi started as a coffee bar in a vintage VW van and now roasts its own beans in Porto, sourcing through ethical cooperatives and producers. The original café is on Rua do Morgado de Mateus, and a newer roastery café is on Rua Prof. Augusto Nobre.
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Coffees
6 coffees
From Fazenda Sertão, the farm a dentist, José Isidro Pereira, inherited and turned to coffee; his widow Nazareth still runs it and their children are producers too. Full-bodied: chocolate, nuts and caramel. Combi recommends it for espresso.
Chocolate, nuts, caramel
From small producers on the steep, high slopes of Nariño near the Ecuador border, where cherries ripen slowly and warm rising air protects farms from frost. Clean and bright: grapefruit, pear and green tea.
Grapefruit, pear, green tea
A hand-picked washed Arabica from Kaffa, decaffeinated with the Mountain Water Process to under 0.1% caffeine. Medium acidity, full body and a long finish with chocolate and vanilla; best as espresso.
Chocolate, vanilla
From smallholder communities around the Montecillos range that moved into specialty processing after decades of selling cherry locally, sourced through Semilla. A bright, clean and fruited Honduran with citrus.
Fruity, citrus
From the Kii factory, one of three mills that former members of the defunct Ngariama co-op reopened in 1997 as the Rung'eto Cooperative, washed with water from the Kii River. Currant, lemon and black tea; for filter or espresso.
Currant, lemon, black tea