Sorted by daylight

Sixteen things on the Sun Cafe menu: espresso at the north counter, filter at the slow bar, something cold and a bake. Each one names the hour it suits best.

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A cappuccino with a heart in a brown cup, glowing on a dark counter

Espresso bar

5 items

Pulled to order at the north counter.

A flat white with a rosetta seen from directly above, a spoon resting on the saucer

The House Cup
8:30 AM
Espresso, steamed milk and a soft cocoa finish. The one most people stop asking about.
Served in ivory stoneware, saucer and spoon.
Window Seat
10:00 AM
A cappuccino with a deep cap of foam, made a little smaller than you expect.
Served in brown glaze, thick wall.
Short & Dark
11:15 AM
A double espresso, pulled into glass so you can see where it stops.
Served in small glass, water on the side.
Golden Hour
5:45 PM
A warm, mellow latte-inspired signature with a toasted-milk edge. Ordered most once the west windows light up.
Served in wide cup, low saucer.
Night Shift
7:30 PM
A deeper, bolder espresso-based drink for the last light and the first lamp.
Served in charcoal glaze.

Slow bar

3 items

Filter and pour-over, poured where you can watch.

A gooseneck kettle pouring over a dripper on a glass carafe in warm light

First Light
6:45 AM
A clean filter coffee, poured slowly into a warmed carafe while the hall is still blue.
Served in glass carafe, one cup.
Bloom
1:00 PM
A single paper-filter cup. The barista stops talking for the first thirty seconds.
Served in handleless cup.
The Long Pour
3:00 PM
Pour-over for two, brewed at the slow bar and carried to your table in the kettle's wake.
Served in two small cups, shared.

Cold

3 items

For the hours when the window bar gets warm.

Espresso being poured into a glass of iced milk in the dark

Afternoon Ice
2:30 PM
Espresso over cold milk and ice. Stir it, or watch it settle on its own.
Served in tumbler.
Marble
4:00 PM
An iced latte in a ribbed glass, swirled just enough to keep its layers.
Served in tall ribbed glass.
Slow Melt
3:30 PM
Cold coffee first, milk poured over the ice at the table.
Served in rocks glass.

Not coffee

1 item

For the person you came with.

A matcha latte with a heart, seen from above on dark timber

Green Hour
4:30 PM
A matcha latte, whisked and poured with a heart. For the one who doesn't drink coffee.
Served in white cup.

From the oven

4 items

Whatever the morning bake decided.

Croissants on dark slate under a fine dusting of sugar

Something on the Side
11:00 AM
A rotating pastry pairing. Whatever the oven decided this morning, cut to share or not.
Served in slate, sugar to finish.
Butter & Patience
8:00 AM
A plain croissant, laminated the slow way. Best before ten.
Served in paper and a plate.
The Afternoon Slice
3:30 PM
Chocolate cake on a wooden round, with whatever fruit came in that week.
Served in oak round.
Dark Slice
6:30 PM
A tall layered chocolate cake, cut thin. Made for sharing after the lamps come on.
Served in black plate, brass fork.