Name: Cafe Demitasse
Address: 1149 3rd Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90403
Telephone: 310-260-6308
Price range: $

Coffee

Demitasse Sample Pack

$25.00

Can't decide on one coffee? Get all 4. Our coffee sampler will get you four 6-oz bags of coffee. Feel free to specify which ones you want.

Ethiopia Harrar Mesela (12 oz bag)

$17.00

Background Info: A delicious, natural coffee from Ethiopia, grown at 1800 meters in Harrar. This particular coffee went through additional sorting work, upgrading the quality of the Harrar to grade 1, leading to a cleaner cup. This is the first coffee from Harrar we've ever carried, so hat tip to the extra sorting! Flavor Notes: Grape jelly, peanut butter, blueberries.

Guatemala Finca Santa Ana (12 oz bag)

$23.00

Background Info: One of our favorite coffees of the year, and one we found on our recent trip to Guatemala. This killer coffee comes to us from Finca Santa Ana, a very progressive-minded farm located in the highest part of Pueblo Nuevo Vinas in Santa Rosa. This farm has been featured eight times in Cup of Excellence over the years. Among other things, Fernando Diaz implemented drying almost all of his coffees on drying beds this past harvest and it shows in his coffees. This particular coffee we sourced from him is a microlot consisting entirely of the Red Catuai variety. We bought all he produced of it and absolutely love this coffee. Flavor Notes: Strawberry, pear, grapes, sweet tea.

Kenya AA Kaiguthu (12 oz bag)

$21.00

Background Info: A fantastic washed coffee from Nyeri County grown at over 1800 meters above sea level. This coffee comes from the Othaya Farmers Co-op Society, processing coffee from over 11,000 farmers. The Co-op has partnered with the Coffee Research Foundation to help increase farmers' productivity by adopting higher yielding varieties. This coffee comes from a factory (basically a mill that coop members bring their coffee to) that's one of many members in this Coop. Varieties include SL28, SL34 and Ruiru 11. A very tasty cup that isn't super-lemony like most Kenyans. Flavor Notes: Grapefruit peel, red grapes, tamarind.

Uganda Bulaago AA (12 oz bag)

$16.00

Background Info: A wonderful coffee from a pretty unique origin, this washed coffee of the SL 14 and SL 28 varieties comes to us from the peak Mt. Elgon. Bulaago is a village in the Buzabiti District, where most of Uganda's Arabica coffees come from. This coffee is dear to us because we participated in the Bulaago Project, which builds a system through which farmers receive higher compensation and support in exchange for taking extra steps to produce top-lot, high scoring specialty grade coffee. We also supported the effort by donating money to the farm to build African drying beds to help improve the quality of this coffee. Flavor Notes: Cranberry, burnt caramel, red grapes. Very balanced.

Hitchhiker's Guide Espresso (12 oz bag)

$18.00

Our seasonal espresso - 50% Costa Rican, 25% Kenyan and 25% El Salvadorian. Creamy mouthfeel gives way to notes of raisins, honey and rum.

Decaf Ethiopia Sidamo (12 oz bag)

For those of you looking for a lighter and brighter decaf option, we found this great Ethiopian from Sidamo. Swiss water decaf, of course. It has a nice fruit note to it that we have trouble finding in most decafs. We get caramel, brown sugar and a nice note of strawberry.

(per lb.) $22.00

Coffee - Subscription

Coffee Bean Subscription

$35.00

It doesn't get easier than this. Join our monthly subscription service and get a bag of coffee sent your way every two weeks, roaster's choice. Plus shipping is on us. If you just want espresso sent every two weeks, just let us know in the comments section of your order and we'll gladly oblige. (Please note that we will charge your card every month until you cancel the service.)

Tea and Chocolate

Organic Bai Mudan White Tea Ex. Spl. (2 oz)

$14.00

Also known as Pai Mu Tan or White Peony, this tea hails from China's southeastern Fujian province. This superb organic tea is made from the uppermost two leaves and a bud, plucked in early spring and withered and dried in the sun before the buds are able to open. The leaves of this organic tea from China are green with plenty of buds that show a very light green almost grey white color, covered with a delicate velvety down. The pale yellow infusion has a delicate lingering fragrance, and a mellow sweetly vegetal taste.

Se Chung Oolong (4.5 oz)

$11.00

Se Chung Tea is a blend of several loose-leaf, oolong tea leaves produced from plucks of several different plants. The leaves are naturally withered under the strong sun, oxidized until brown with green highlights, and then wrap rolled into small beads. The Se Chung Oolong tea has a roasted aroma and a thick, woody flavor. It is a great tea for those who enjoy a complex taste and have an adventurous palate. Se Chung translates in Chinese to "colorful variety". That's a spot on description of our oolong hailing from the Fujian Province. Shades of green, brown, black can be found in a single teaspoon of the tea! Naturally presenting a hint of sweet, this tea is lovely hot or iced. Due to the leaves being rolled, this tea is ideal for 4+ infusions.

The Demitasse Chai (6 oz)

$16.00

Our own blend! Black tea, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, peppercorn. It's spicy and works well with milk.

The Demitasse Hot Chocolate Mix (10 oz)

$17.00

Our hot chocolate mix is blended in-house. Using E. Guittard's Cocoa Rouge, we mix in sugar and vanilla beans to achieve an ideal balance of bitter and sweetness.

Gunpowder Green (7.5 oz)

$14.00

A great Chinese green tea. Thick and strong like a soft honey, but with a smokey flavor. Fair trade and organic.

Organic Assam Banaspaty (5 oz tin of tea)

$20.00

The Dooars region is located just to the west of the Assam district in North-East India, and the Teas they produce are an excellent choice for breakfast or early afternoon Tea drinking pleasure. This one is from the Putharijhora Estate. The leaves are gray-black, twisted, tippy, and brew to a brown-green leaf, with a light ecru cup that imparts a slightly sweet peach-like taste.

Organic Citrus Chamomile (2 oz)

$12.00

A delicious organic herbal tea that smells like cookies and won't keep you up at night.

Organic Tie Kuan Yin (4 oz tin)

$32.00

An absolutely epic oolong tea. This tea is named after the Chinese Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin) and literally translates as Iron Goddess of Mercy. The processing of this tea is complex and requires expertise and as a result was kept secret for many years. One of the most famous oolong teas out there, this delicious tea is grown in China's Jiangxi Province. Fresh and floral, the aroma alone with make you salivate. We highly recommend steeping this tea at least three times, with each steeping revealing something new about the tea.

Organic Vietnam Nam Lahn OP (4 oz tea tin)

$25.00

A tea grown from wild, ancient trees in remote Western Vietnam. These trees are 700-800 years old! Delicious as both a hot and an iced tea, we get really rich and malty notes.

Sen Cha Asamushi (5 oz)