{"id":245189,"date":"2012-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/reshaping-north-parks-coffee-scene\/"},"modified":"2012-07-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T07:00:00","slug":"reshaping-north-parks-coffee-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/reshaping-north-parks-coffee-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Reshaping North Park\u2019s coffee scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coffee and Tea Collective opens with a relationship-oriented business style<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Alexandra Safran |\u00a0<\/strong>Reportero SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

After years of selling his coffee online, Coffee and Tea Collective owner Daniel Holcomb recently opened a shop in North Park, so naturally, I had to do some investigating.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Holcomb at work in his coffee and tea collective store. (Photo by Lauren Millslagle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice and strong but hopefully light enough to drink with pleasure,\u201d Holcomb said to a customer as he carefully prepared an individual cup of coffee. His precision and focus caught my eye, but it was the iced tea that captured my taste buds.<\/p>\n

Inconspicuously located at 2911 El Cajon Blvd., with just the word \u201ccoffee\u201d written simply in black paint as the only marker on the space, Holcomb\u2019s Coffee & Tea Collective is a simple coffee roasting company and tasting bar specializing in pour-over coffee sourced from beans from around the world.<\/p>\n

Holcomb said he is dedicated to promoting a relationship-oriented style of business: not a linear transfer of coffee for money but more of a circular interaction, where the consumer benefits from the product provided. Holcomb said he hopes to improve San Diego\u2019s overall coffee presence in the world.<\/p>\n

I took the opportunity to sit down with Holcomb, and since then I have been in almost every day. His gracious manner is infectious, no matter how many straight hours he has been up. Holcomb is upbeat and friendly, serving his customers with a smile on his face.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Safran (AS)<\/strong>: How did you get into the roasting business?<\/p>\n

Daniel Holcomb (DH)<\/strong>: I was first introduced when I lived in Costa Rica, where I toured several coffee farms, but around the middle of 2009 I knew wanted to start a business with [a business partner] but didn\u2019t know what form that would take. I had the opportunity to go to Venice Beach and visit [the roaster] Intelligentsia, and that\u2019s where my love for specialty coffee really began.<\/p>\n

AS<\/strong>: Where did you learn to roast?<\/p>\n

DH<\/strong>: I learned to roast at a roasting school in San Francisco and roasted on many types of roasters including the San Franciscan, my roaster now. Once I came back down, I bought a sample roaster. Recently I\u2019ve upgraded to the new roaster, which has 25 pounds of capacity, whereas the sample roasted was only a two-pound roaster. This was a huge leap for me.<\/p>\n

AS<\/strong>: What are you looking for in your coffee\u2019s taste?<\/p>\n

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Daniel Holcomb's coffee drip set-up specializes in pour-over coffee. (Photo by Lauren Millslagle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DH<\/strong>: I\u2019m looking to highlight each bean\u2019s original and varietal flavors. Coffee beans get flavor from how high they grow, which type of coffee plant they come from and the soil they grow in. So essentially I want to highlight those characteristics. I also do lots of research on each bean and lots of test roasts and I find one [roast] that highlights all the positive characteristics of that bean.<\/p>\n

AS<\/strong>: Do you roast in the store?<\/p>\n

DH<\/strong>: Yes; I roast about eight batches per week.<\/p>\n

AS<\/strong>: What can the North Park community look forward to in the future from Coffee & Tea?<\/p>\n

DH<\/strong>: We\u2019re looking to partner with Tiger! Tiger! and Sezio for a grand ol\u2019 event. I\u2019m hoping this will happen in about a month.<\/p>\n

Coffee and Tea Collective\u2019s grand opening is scheduled for July 17, with a celebration at the store from 5 to 10 p.m. For more information visit coffeeandteacollective.com or call 619-564-8086.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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