It's when you want to make peace or just call it truce

Armistice Coffee Roaster, Seattle WA

‘Armistice’ literally means an agreement between two countries or groups at war to stop fighting for a period of time, esp. to talk about possible peace. It’s a synonym for Truce.

Armistice Coffee Roaster: Indeed, a strange brand name for someone in coffee business, but when you go a little deeper into understanding the Founder-Rebecca’s thought process, you feel relieved:

“Part of it is just calling a truce on your day, and having a temporary treaty with whatever’s bothering you, whatever you’re stressed about.”

Rebecca started her journey with coffee almost 15yrs ago. Her goal was to find a space that allowed her to serve the community in a personal way, and the cafe atmosphere was the perfect platform to do so. After working her way up at other well-known Coffee Roaster-Retailers like Caffe Ladro, Zoka Coffee & Fonte Coffee Roasters, she realized she would never have the freedom she needed to create awesome spaces for both customers and employees alike. Through this challenge, Armistice was born in 2018.

Armistice Coffee Roaster is a women-owned and operated coffee company specializing in freshly roasted coffees and providing a unique sense of community to Seattle.  They roast their coffees in-store so everyone can be involved in the process from start to finish, with the goal of making coffee approachable.

A coffee shop and roastery by day, in the evening, Armistice transforms into a lounge serving up cocktails and treats. With their first coffee shop in the East Lake area thriving, the Armistice Coffee team sought a cozy and flexible space for their second location in Roosevelt (the one I visited), one that would transition from being a coffee bar in the morning to a dessert lounge offering cocktails, beer, and wine in the evening. The design of the interior reflects Armistice’s established brand identity.

What is unique to this place is a wide variety of seating types and zones, suiting a variety of customers: those with laptops and staying on for hybrid work, as well as those grabbing a drink for a quick catch up with friends.

On a raised patio, besides plenty of counter seating overlooking the walkways, a collection of chairs tuck around a gas fire pit (for chilly winters😊). As the coffee shop occupies the corner commercial space at the base of the Lucille on Roosevelt apartment building, Armistice customers can step out of the cafe to take advantage of the additional tables and seating options in the open lobby cutting through the building. With the feel and buzz of a European café, the space is lively day and night.

At this 1,100-square-foot roastery cafe, coffees are roasted in-house on an Ozturkbay Roasters machine for drinks prepared on either glistening SanRemo espresso machine paired with a SanRemo grinder, or else a Fetco Extractor for batch brew.

In the cafe, a comfy, mellow but sophisticated colour palette of black and copper runs throughout, with the black bar-front, ceiling and grinders offset by copper powder-coating on SanRemo and the roaster, copper pendant lamps and other accents.

Coffee & Coffee Farm:

Armistice’s Costa Rica house blend is a perfect balance of deep chocolate and sweet berries. It’s an omni-blend and can be used with different brew methods.

Luz Marina Trujillo produces one of the finest coffees available on her estate, Santa Elena, in the highlands of Costa Rica’s most famous coffee growing region, Tarrazú. She grows her coffee under shade, and the perfectly ripe cherries are hand picked, then sorted for quality at her own mill.

Tarrazú coffee is known for being crisp, clean, and bright, and this special lot from Luz Marina’s hard-working hands offers that classic profile plus a lightly syrupy body and sweetness, and an elegant finish.

• Region : Tarrazú

• Altitude : 1250-1650 masl

• Variety : Caturra

• Processing : Pulped Natural (honey)

• Tasting Notes : Raisin, Spices, Chocolate