Malaga in five specialty coffees
In the city of the so characteristic 'half', 'half-double' and 'shadow', Concepts such as cold brew or flat white are beginning to take hold. And it's not just for tourists. The palate of Malaga consumers has also been refined when it comes to drink a coffee.
It is the answer to the work of some lovers of this centenary drink who have bet on respect the grain from origin to filtering risking lower profit margins. They are few, but specialty coffee they advance steadily.
WHAT IS SPECIALTY COFFEE: BEYOND AESTHETICS
It is not the same to take a bitter and earthy remedy whose sole purpose is inoculate us with a sudden wakefulness based on caffeine, which Coffee express with evocations of jasmine and butter. No, it's not the same. Nor is it to drink it in a raw cane glass than in a cozy cup. Nor do it with a hint of foam than with a emulsified milk cream that evokes the oriental art of zen gardening.
Specialty coffee is NOT just aesthetic (but how beautiful is the chemex)
It is not a matter of aesthetics. The specialty coffee alludes to the c quality of the product from its origin , still respectful roast , still filtered out conscious and focused on getting the best out of each grain.
Thus, it is only considered 'specialty' the coffee that has passed a tasting at origin -the call "cup test"- that assesses parameters such as sweetness, acidity, aroma and fragrance, body, flavor or aftertaste, and whose result exceeds 80 points on a scale that reaches 100 according to the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA).
So that you can enjoy a good coffee and wake up better, we tell you **which are the five temples of specialty coffee in Malaga**.
THE SPECIALTY COFFEE OF MÁLAGA
Bertani _(San Juan Street, 40) _
Argentina Laura Cabrera she is the pioneer in the evangelism of specialty coffee in Malaga. When Bertani opened her doors, everything remained to be done. She was the first place dedicated exclusively to specialty coffee in the city and today, its founder is one of the barista trainers most important in Spain. To ask nothing, she offers you a masterclass with the naturalness with which hot water infuses the ground grain.
Offers espresso and filter coffee - Aeropress, Chemex, UV60 - always from micro-lots roasted in an artisanal way by different farms. Her main reference is Finca de Castelldefels Coffee , but it has a varied and flexible rotation of roasters such as Coffee Collective (Denmark) or Girls Who Ground Coffee (UK), among many others.
If you get close to this take away you will be able to delve into new nuances under the accurate eye of Cabrera. Don't let her pink walls fool you: e he character here is served in a cup.
Mia Coffee Shop _(Martyrs' Square, 4) _
The marriage formed by Maria Alonso and Leo Linares has had two children and a cafeteria: Mia Coffee Shop . The most coffee in the city stops in this small place, because what these two certified baristas offer goes beyond the square meters of the establishment.
is more a take away than a cafeteria in which lose yourself in letters and screens , but it is so cozy that its small bar and its three tiny tables anchored to the wall are always overflowing. They have their own seasonal **blend roasted by them at Mountain Coffee Roasters (Alhaurín de La Torre)**. In his cupboard there is no lack of other references of coffees signed by leading estates such as Stew Coffee from Valladolid.
It is not uncommon for you to meet Juan Arguelles at the controls of his Wega Pegasus : he is the odd man out, a lecternless teacher with a natural gift for conveying his passion for coffee. The cupcakes and cookies that María bakes every day pair perfectly with the broths that are also infused with v60, Aeropress, Kalita or Origami. What if, they serve decaf.
A most welcoming take away
Santa Cinnamon _(Tomás Heredia Street, 5 and Fernán González, 6) _
They started in the Soho of Malaga and they are already going for their second location in the central Bed Square . What characterizes the brand created in 2015 by Juan Pablo Fasano and Matías Savino, is that in addition to cafeteria, are micro roaster : themselves they roast the coffee daily they receive from sources such as Burundi, Honduras, Peru, Ethiopia, Brazil, Mexico or Colombia to distill the best of each grain with maximum respect for its properties and characteristics.
Your letter is extensive. To the usual options of a specialty coffee and the different filtering modes are added an attractive selection of teas such as march or chai and a display case full of artisan pastry . In their 'laboratory' they offer courses and workshops certified by the SCA.
You must be quick: finding a place on the respective terraces of its establishments will be difficult, since it is one of the few specialty coffees in Malaga that They have tables outside. -and in this city they raffle them-.
** Julia Bakery _(Carretería Street, 44) _**
Maria Arquero and Borja Hernandez they were the first to offer a specialty coffee in a business that was not 100% intended for that niche. They started selling cupcakes and have ended up at the controls of a Cafeteria which offers a broader and more modern view of the breakfast and snack concepts.
It is one of the best pastry shops in Malaga. Their breads, all made with organic flours and natural ferment , disappear in seconds from your cupboard, also in the form of salty proposals. But his confectionery is another story. A story told with english and french accent by the agile hands of Mary. Friands, coffee cakes, dried fruit pies, croissants … they ask for mercy from a showcase to end up hopelessly condemned to the palate of their parishioners.
Various origins of Barcelonans go through the filter of your coffee maker NOMAD , which makes Julia Bakery the only Malaga specialty coffee that works exclusively with this renowned roaster.
Cinnamon Cupcakes at Julia Bakery
** Mitazza _(Fernán González Street, 6) _**
It has been one of the last specialty coffees that have raised the blind in Malaga but it could not be missing from this list because the audacity that his standard-bearer, Juan Bernardo Jiménez , has shown by doing it outside the most touristic arteries of the city. He has brought specialty coffee to West and from his living room he is getting outsiders to put away their revolvers and accept other profiles of coffee, other temperatures and “even less sugar”.
He is a barista certified by the SCA and in his grinders, another commitment to Malaga: Coffees from Mountain Coffee and Cócora , a roaster recently arrived in the capital from Estepona .
The environment framed in white can be a bit cold, but you can always warm up with some portion of the classic and artisanal cakes offered . For breakfast, toasted bread also local and a small selection of teas for the lost sheep.
There is life beyond the center.
There is life beyond the center