"There, Proyecto Diaz took over the former Bicycle Coffee Co. space, adding pendant lighting and rope-suspended terracotta planters to bring a little more earthiness and Mexican cultural flair to the existing foundation of a white marble bar and concrete counters. Behind the bar, vibrant green dragon-scale tile remains, now topped with Oaxaca-made pottery pieces. A warm pot of ready-to-serve tamales joins signature drinks at the Broadway shop, including cafe de olla and lattes flavored with mazapan and horchata."
"Metate Chocolate - named after the ancient stone grinding tool still used in rural Latin American households for corn, spices and cacao - supplies drinking chocolate for both cafes. "Specialty cacao is kind of synonymous with coffee, in that it's grown in similar regions by small lot growers, similar producer backgrounds," Proyecto Diaz Founder Fernando Diaz told Daily Coffee News. "Chocolate is one of those things that is like the heartbeat of Mexico.""
Proyecto Diaz opened a second Oakland cafe and installed a new Loring roaster in its Oakland roastery. The company launched Metate Chocolate, a bean-to-bar single-origin Latin American chocolate brand, and supplies its drinking chocolate to both cafes. The Broadway cafe occupies the former Bicycle Coffee Co. space on the north edge of downtown in a building with coworking space and offices. Design elements include pendant lighting, rope-suspended terracotta planters, a white marble bar, concrete counters, vibrant green dragon-scale tile and Oaxaca-made pottery. The cafe serves tamales, cafe de olla and lattes flavored with mazapan and horchata. Metate bars spotlight cacaos from Chiapas and Tabasco with provenance details, and Diaz family farms are expected to contribute cacao to the program.
Read at Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
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