"Mr. Barista, there is a plant in my latte"
Hidden on Mesón de Paredes street, between brick walls and huge windows, plant yourself coffee is positioned as the new –and original– coffee offer in the surroundings of Tirso de Molina to have an espresso or a latte, while you choose a plant to take home.
“I became obsessed and hooked on the universe of plants and the beauty that is represented in each photo of @plantsonpink and, when discussing it with my acquaintances, we concluded that life, with plants, is better ”, says this Canadian who has been living in Madrid for 9 years on the other end of the phone.
“It must also be recognized that I am not the first to invent this concept. Espai Joliu in Barcelona has a plant shop with high altitude coffee , for instance. The algorithms of social networks are very wise and with my history of likes and scrolls, Instagram made sure that I knew of the existence of all these sites that shared the same vision that I wanted for my coffee shop.
Clarified the concept but, Where and how does a good coffee fit in between cacti, kentias and monsteras? “My interest in coffee started during the London coffee boom. In fact, I didn't realize I was in this stream until I started hanging out Brown's of Brockley, a coffee shop that uses the grains of Square Mile Coffee , one of the roasters that started a movement in the city to start drinking better coffee”, specifies Kevin, who confesses that his team currently is obsessing with natural coffees (made with sun-dried fruit, from which it is easier to remove the grains that are impregnated with a more powerful flavor) .
"People love them or hate them, but everything is subjective and based on personal tastes, not quality, because ours are the best, the best." Though that's not to say that Kevin enjoys them. "If I'm honest, I don't like them at all," he says between laughs, "but (almost) we always have them available -although we rotate- because my tastes are not dominant to those of the client".
WHY GO
Obviously because of his coffee. They always make a hole for toasters like Puchero (Valladolid), Right Side (Barcelona) and, of course, Square Mile . Right now, they also have a Guatemalan coffee made by 800 indigenous women that were widowed in the Civil War, a cooperative that they own. “Some beans with exceptional tasting notes are coming out of this farm that have earned it 86 points and that make it a super specialty coffee,” They clear their wands for us behind the bar.
The perfect place to work between plants and comforting specialty coffee
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
To accompany the coffees they make every day –flat white, macchiato, afoogato, cold brew, filter and even tonic espresso–, it is a very good idea to sink your teeth into one of their maple syrup cookies (Long live Canada!), about palestinian donuts made with the cook's recipe Judy Calla, made with rose water and lemon peel or with some brownies made in an oven from around the area. Although their breakfasts are also attractive, with toast made with bread from the Panifiesto bakery.
** Plántate hasn't been open for four months,** so it is still a place to experiment and play, a kind of laboratory that seeks to create a community with its customers, while sharing illusions and many cups of coffee. .and water, because of having to water the plants.
IN DATA
Address: Calle del Meson de Paredes, 28
Half price: double espresso €1.70; latte, €2; flat white, €1.90
Telephone: 910 23 02 91
Schedules: every day from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
