Coava is already well-known as one of the leading coffee roasters in Portland. The shop shares space with Bamboo art craft studio, called Bamboo Revolution, in an industrial area in the Southeast neighborhood. The founder, Matt Higgins, graduated from Albina Press, the up-front coffee bar in Portland, and found Coava in 2009.
Coava's cozy and unique atmosphere seems to inspire many people. Although the location is a bit away from the city center, there were people walking in and in. Their line-ups are based on U.S. trendy, Specialty Coffee, and roasting degree seems lighter than so called Seattle roast, but not on the side of Scandinavian.
Coava developed their own unique Stainless Steel coffee filter, Coava Kone Pourover Filter, and this may be only one place you can have a cup with original Pourover flavor with their filter.
Seattle used to be referred as "a coffee sanctuary", maybe is now. However, the actual third wave movement is supported by other locations, such as Portland and San Francisco, where have number of hidden neighborhood roasters with much higher potential. It is very fun to smelling around these town to look for something new.
