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Intelligentsia Coffee: Finca Matalapa
14 July, 2014: The red fat bag is back, and I’m really happy. Like all Intelligentsia coffees, this Finca Matalapa smells incredible whenever I open the bag. It’s from El Salvador, in a microclimate where mountains intersect with the Pacific Ocean. Ayr and Rolando visited Intelligentsia’s LA roastery back in 2010 on the first-ever Clover culinary trip. TRIVIA: What did the folks at Intelligentsia tell… Read More

Clover HFI model
15 July, 2014: So we still have some things to work out from a licensing standpoint. The previous tenant has what is called “pocket license” which is temporarily preventing us from applying for a beer license. And our hearing was rescheduled from last week to next week because I was late to the hearing last week (a funny story for… Read More