Urbania Café

Urbania is a small chain of specialty cafés with a roastery behind it, and this is the branch on the Primer Parque de Laureles.

The roastery is the whole point. Urbania selects and roasts its own beans rather than buying in someone else's, which means the coffee in your cup was chosen and roasted by the same business that pours it. That shows up at the counter: ask, and the staff will walk you through what is currently on filter. It is a small thing that tells you a good deal about a café, because it only works when the people serving know where the coffee came from and why it is on the menu this week.

The social and environmental side of the business is not a line painted on the wall. Sourcing and producer relationships are central to how Urbania presents itself — part of what the business is built around rather than an afterthought bolted on at the end.

So: come for a filter, and ask what is on today.