Cafe78ec

a roaster with its own production, right in the thick of quito's north end where av. río coca meets 10 de agosto, one of the busiest intersections in the city. that crossroads context matters, because cafe78ec isn't hiding in a quiet barrio waiting to be found. you're probably passing through anyway, and stopping here makes sense. they roast their own beans, which means the coffee you're drinking has a shorter, more accountable path from green to cup than most spots in the city can honestly claim. quito sits at around 2,800 metres, so altitude already shapes how extraction behaves here, and a roaster working at that elevation has to know what they're doing. the espresso is the thing to start with.