A two-seat coffee bar in a Marin kitchen. One yellow Linea Micra, one Zerno Z1, no line.
See the menuTwo machines, both dialed by numbers rather than feel, so a guest can pull the same shot we do.
Yellow. Saturated group, PID brew boiler, steam that outruns the milk.
9 bar · 18 g precision basket · 2 s pre-brew · steam wand purged before every pitcher
Single dose, hopperless, dial marked in absolute microns so settings never drift.
Dialing in: sour or fast, go finer by 10 µm. Bitter or slow, go coarser. Change one thing per shot.
First shot before the first meeting. Last shot at 2 pm, house rule.
Slow pour-overs from nine. Espresso tonics once the sun is over the roof.
Always. Bring beans if you want them on the board.