Coffee from El Salvador and Guatemala, poured in Washington, DC and at Maryland farmers markets.
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NewNow you can run the cafe yourself
Tz'ikin Cafe is now a game for your phone. Take orders from a flock of regulars, make every drink by hand, and grow your own coffee and cacao in the garden. It is free to play and has no ads.
iPhone: coming soon to the App Store
Serve a flock of regulars
Named for an eagle
Tz'ikin is the Maya word for eagle. For us it stands for freedom, for the land, and for the two countries our coffee comes from.
Allan Gonzalez started Tz'ikin Cafe with an espresso machine on a cart. He buys beans directly from small family farms in El Salvador and Guatemala, pays them fairly, and has the coffee roasted close to home.
The cart now has a permanent spot at Art Place Fort Totten, and it still goes out to farmers markets.
On the cart
Horchata Latte
Our signature. Espresso with horchata-infused milk, hot or iced.
Chemex Slow Pour
A single-origin coffee, brewed by hand in a Chemex.
Cortado
Equal parts espresso and warm milk.
Pastries are on the way
We are working on bringing three traditional pastries to the cart.
Quesadilla salvadoreña
Sweet Salvadoran cheese pound cake
Semita
Pastry filled with fruit jam
Guatemalan banana bread
Made with locally sourced bananas
Meet Finca San Rafael
Our Salvadoran coffee comes from one family farm. Finca San Rafael has grown coffee in the hills of Usulután since the early 1900s, and the fifth generation runs it today.
- Where
- Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador
- Who
- One family, five generations
- Varieties
- Bourbon, Pacamara and Caracol
- Grown at
- 1,200 meters above sea level
- Tastes like
- Panela, chocolate and citrus
News from the cart
All posts- Tz'ikin Cafe is now a gameRun your own Tz'ikin Cafe in the rainforest canopy. Make every drink by hand, grow your own coffee and cacao, and get to know a flock of regulars. It is free on Google Play, and the iPhone version is on its way.
- We have a permanent home at Art Place Fort TottenTz'ikin Cafe now has a permanent location at 475 Ingraham St NE, Washington, DC 20011, inside Art Place Fort Totten. We are open every day.
- On El Zol: our honey-infused Salvadoran beansWe took our honey-infused coffee beans, brought directly from El Salvador, to El Zol Radio. Here is what makes the process and the flavor different.