Caffè Cucinamatte ‘82

slow mornings in san rafael have a particular quality to them, the kind where gabino barreda feels quieter than it has any right to be for a street that close to the reforma axis. cucinamatte '82 sits at number 82 on that street, and if you're the sort of person who treats a saturday without obligations as something to be handled carefully, this is a reasonable place to spend it. the locals who keep coming back do so with real conviction, not out of habit. independent roasters in cuauhtémoc don't tend to survive on goodwill alone, so the fact that this one has built a genuinely devoted following says something about consistency. come for the cortado on a weekday morning before the neighborhood fully wakes up.