Industry vet Noah Jashinski, who has worked with brands like Intelligentsia, Blue Bottle and Stumptown, is the founder.
The business is looking to set itself apart in its offerings — no fancy iced mocha frappé drinks — and support to the community with the following values statement: "We believe in inclusion, transparency, and service."
A rep shared more about what to expect:
Compilation Coffee is laser-focused on its customers and coffee, so there are no espresso machines or latte art competitions. Pairing a Poursteady with a back bar of 10 Baratza Fortés, customers can select daily from 10 different coffees, made to order by the cup (hot or iced) as a pour over.Any cup, be it black or Au Lait, cow's milk or alternative milk from NuMilk, is $5 for a 12 oz. cup. Customers can even purchase 4oz tubes of the entire bean menu, so they can mix and match, or even buy three different ones — their version of a flight.
According to the company: "We want to be involved in our community and to bring people together. That’s why we choose to support charities that help marginalized young people." Compilation's charity partners are The Trevor Project, the suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young adults, and Covenant House, which provides services to unhoused youth. (Read more on the partnership here.)
The previous tenant here, Baked Cravings, a bakery specializing in nut- and peanut-free desserts, went dark at the start of the year after a September 2020 debut. Dun-Well Doughnuts was here previously.
$5 for a 12 ounce cup!?
ReplyDeletereplying to 8:39 - yes 5.00 for a 12 oz cup of coffee - but they are supporting charities!
ReplyDeleteAgain with that argument
ReplyDeleteA cup of coffee at Starbucks is $4.00 so this isn't much more, and they charge you more for a pour over. Iced coffees and specialty drinks are $5-$7. Starbucks Reserve has $10 Mochas and $12-$14 cold brews. Welcome to Tokyo on the Hudson. The old dollar cup of coffee is gone unless you can still find a cheap bodega or a coffee cart, but even they are jacking up prices because they can.
ReplyDeleteI buy an 8 oz 4-pack of Lavazza Espresso for $6.50/can and it comes out to 16 cents per shot, or 32 cents for a nice two shot iced Americano or cappuccino. So at 3 cups per day I spend $28 a month vs. $450 at Starbucks.
Well, I buy multiple 10 oz bricks of Cafe Pilon for $3 at Key Food when it goes sale, even better
Deletethis is specialty coffee in a high rent neighborhood. $5 may seem like a lot but they're using high end beans and making coffees individually. to some people coffee is coffee and that's why bodegas and dunkin will continue to exist, but some people (like me) are really into it.
ReplyDelete@8:39 - have you been to a local coffee shop over the past several years? no, not Dunkin. A real coffee shop. It's $5 pretty much everywhere.
ReplyDelete@2:00PM: Can you please define for me what "real coffee" is? Because the stuff from Dunkin tastes fine to me, and IMO all the rest of this is what I call "coffee snobbery", similar to people who are wine snobs.
ReplyDeleteBut if you enjoy overpaying for something, then by all means spend your disposable income on it.
Dunkin is definitely real coffee. And that's coming from a wine snob...😅
DeleteI've tried all of those brick vacuum-packed espressos they sell at Key Food and most of them taste like gunpowder, most are a very dark roast and rend to be burnt tasting, like Starbucks dark roast. You don't have to spend much more to get a good tasting coffee and its much less expensive than any coffee shop.
ReplyDeleteDrinks and food in cafes in Tokyo is generally less expensive than here, sometimes much less so.
ReplyDeleteYou can get cheap wine that tastes good, and expensive wine that tastes even better. Coffee is the same. By all means, make it at home if you are able and enjoy it. Buy the bodega coffee if that's your thing. There's nothing wrong with a shop like this where their focus is making a good individual cup of coffee. It's great they're also supporting charities, so I will give them a try.
ReplyDeleteThe "snobbery" usually comes from the people who disparage those who drink the pricier stuff, not the other way around. I don't get it. Anyway, I buy my coffee at Key Food and make iced at home. I also like to patronize local businesses and enjoy having a treat once in a while.