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Coming up · 216 daysNo. 00489

Site 019Escandón

Cuenca Café

A neighborhood café obsessed with water.

Metro
Patriotismo · 7 min on foot
Hours
Mon – Fri · 7:30am – 7pmSat · 8:30am – 5pmSun · 9am – 3pm
Serves
V60 · Espresso · Kalita
Roaster
Cardumen
Stamps
Shop 019 · bean 006
C019
Directions

What's special here

One coffee, three waters

One sierra lot poured three times with three different mineral profiles, with a spec sheet for each water. Costs what one cup costs.

During Semana onlyMX$110

On the bar this week

The edition's lots

  • 006
    Tres Cañadas · La TerceraWashed

    Peach, Agave honey, Bergamot

    Familia Hernández Solano1,400 mBourbon

  • 008
    Lote comunidadWashed

    Sugarcane, Lemon, Peanut

    Cooperativa1,100 – 1,600 mBourbon, Typica, Caturra

  • 012
    Niebla Alta · GarnicaBlack honey

    Fig, Caramel, Cardamom

    Ernesto Coyotl Mendoza1,400 mGarnica

Cuenca keeps three different water profiles in three tanks and uses one or another depending on the coffee. Sounds like overkill until you taste the same lot with two waters.

Prices are neighborhood prices and the customers live on the block.

Routes that stop here

  1. D

    Stop 3 of 4 · Four neighborhoods, no espresso, no milk

    Mexican coffee only, filter only

    What to orderThe same coffee with three different waters

    The most useful demonstration in the entire program.

    From Cuervo Blanco · 28 min on footNext Tueste Nueve · 32 min on foot

The week here

Each day's hours during the week, and what's on at this bar.

  1. MON 26 APR7:30am – 7pm
  2. TUE 277:30am – 7pm
  3. WED 287:30am – 7pm
  4. THU 297:30am – 7pm
  5. FRI 307:30am – 7pm
  6. SAT 1 MAY8:30am – 5pm

    Labor Day · public holiday

    4pmWater is 98% of your cup

  7. SUN 29am – 3pm

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