After two years as a mobile coffee bar in Eugene, Oregon’s Whiteaker neighborhood, Kōhi Time recently rolled into its first brick-and-mortar space inside the Union on Broadway student apartment complex.
The modest 270-square-foot, playfully designed cafe gives founder and owner Genelle Izumi plenty of interaction with a steady stream of University of Oregon students and downtown foot traffic.
Behind the counter, Izumi typically works solo — in front of a marching line of Godzilla figurines — while keeping the gear setup compact. Espresso passes through a 1-group Rocket Boxer Timer machine with a Fiorenzato F64 EVO Pro GBW grinder. A Ceado E6P handles single-origin grinds, while cold brew is made with the Toddy Home system…