At their Concordia home on NE 35th Avenue, husband-and-wife duo Jason Wahlberg and Lauren Alameda-Reddell are pulling some of the city’s finest espresso shots. The espresso is fruity and juicy, sweet and complex. But unlike the Third Wave stalwarts that have come before it, most of what the nearly year-old roaster and pop-up Dear Francis offers are dialed in, thoughtful blends.
Wahlberg and Alameda-Reddell are two longtime coffee pros who came to Portland from San Francisco, where they opened and owned Matching Half cafe from 2010 to 2020. Matching Half was San Francisco chain Sightglass Coffee’s first wholesale account; now, their new project, Dear Francis, is already winning
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