Heart Coffee Roasters

Heart Coffee Roasters
Founded 2009 (2009) in Portland, Oregon, United States
Founders Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma
Number of locations
 2 (2016)
Area served
 Portland, Oregon
Website heartroasters.com

Heart Coffee Roasters is a chain of two cafes and a coffee roasting company based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It was established in 2009 by Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma.

Description and history

Probat roaster, 2014

Wille and Rebekah Yli-Luoma opened Heart in 2009.[1][2] Heart's original location, known as the Eastside Cafe, is located at 2211 East Burnside Street in Portland's Kerns neighborhood.[2] Its second location, known as the Westside Cafe, open in 2013 and is located at 537 Southwest 12th Avenue in downtown Portland's West End.[3][4] The company has leased a third location at the intersection of Southeast 52nd Avenue and Woodstock Boulevard, in the Woodstock neighborhood.[5]

Heart offers green coffee from Africa, Central America, and South America.[3] The coffee is roasted lightly "to preserve their acidity and subtler flavors".[2] Drinks are made entire in-house, including add-ins like cashew-almond milk, chocolate, and syrups.[3] Heart's motivation is to provide "uncompromising quality —from the source to the final cup".[3][6] The company only sells coffee at peak season "to avoid the smokier flavors that can compromise the complexity" of the beans.[7]

Reception

Heart barista preparing a cappuccino

Condé Nast Traveler called Heart's drinks "uncommonly clean and complex and said, "Chemex- and Aeropress-brewed 'pour-over' coffees are perhaps the best way to sample the results, though espresso drinks are excellent here, too."[2]

In 2013, Dan Gentile of Thrillist included Heart in his list of "The Top 10 Coffee Roasters in the Nation, as Voted by Super-Serious Coffee Nerds".[8] He also included Heart in his 2016 list of "The 21 Best Coffee Roasters in the Country", writing: "Portland isn't in short supply of sleekly designed coffee shops, but in addition to a design sense that would make a Scandinavian proud, Heart's coffee shop is literally built around a functioning black Probat roaster that fills the space with the smell of not-too-light, and definitely not-too-dark coffees."[7]

In 2016, Eater.com's Emily McIntyre included Heart on her list of the "20 of the Best Coffee Shops in Portland". She wrote, "Few cafes have such a strong aesthetic and presentation as Heart on Burnside. Enter and think yourself lucky, because the rare espresso machine (currently Kees van der Westen), the expensive, simple menu, the beast of a vintage coffee roaster, and the 'do not touch signs' have the effect of creating an exclusive experience... While I recommend any seasonal drink here (and the summertime paleo affogato is delicious), my go-to at Heart is a cup of drip coffee."[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McIntyre, Emily (February 19, 2016). "20 of the Best Coffee Shops in Portland, 2016". Eater. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Coffee and Doughnuts: Cafe Heart". Condé Nast Traveler. Condé Nast. ISSN 0893-9683. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Heart Coffee – Downtown". Travel Portland. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Locations". Heart Coffee Roasters. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ "SE 52nd and Woodstock". Commercial Realty Advisors Northwest. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ "About Heart Coffee Roasters". Heart Coffee Roasters. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Gentile, Dan (January 31, 2016). "The 21 Best Coffee Roasters in the Country". Thrillist. Thrillist Media Group. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/best-coffee-roasters-in-america
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