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![We stopped by @futurocoffee inside @palabracollective this weekend and had @heartroasters coffee and @topochicousa. While there we revisited the 2017 @meeshalrj feature “A City Of Love And Hate: Latin Culture Rising In The Phoenix Coffee Scene”: “Palabra (Spanish for word) began as a downtown Phoenix salon and gallery concept in December of 2012, before moving to a new location and expanding to serve coffee in January of 2016. [Owner and head stylist Jorge] Torres celebrates minority and immigrant artists and creatives in his space, and his own Mexican-American heritage is apparent in the all-Spanish coffee menu that features beverages like jamaica (a Hibiscus tea), cajeta (a latte with homemade Mexican caramel), and a mocha made with Rancho Gordo chocolate. ‘The menu is a reflection of my childhood,’ says Torres, ‘and I can see it in the faces of other Latinos that come in, they know and recognize these flavors, too.’”
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We’ll throw the link in our stories!](http://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/8fbea588a4edbb921b9e9a3006a88022/5C0E3F59/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/39276574_2150763441809079_2499062841852559360_n.jpg "We stopped by @futurocoffee inside @palabracollective this weekend and had @heartroasters coffee and @topochicousa. While there we revisited the 2017 @meeshalrj feature “A City Of Love And Hate: Latin Culture Rising In The Phoenix Coffee Scene”: “Palabra (Spanish for word) began as a downtown Phoenix salon and gallery concept in December of 2012, before moving to a new location and expanding to serve coffee in January of 2016. [Owner and head stylist Jorge] Torres celebrates minority and immigrant artists and creatives in his space, and his own Mexican-American heritage is apparent in the all-Spanish coffee menu that features beverages like jamaica (a Hibiscus tea), cajeta (a latte with homemade Mexican caramel), and a mocha made with Rancho Gordo chocolate. ‘The menu is a reflection of my childhood,’ says Torres, ‘and I can see it in the faces of other Latinos that come in, they know and recognize these flavors, too.’”
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We’ll throw the link in our stories!")
