Pleasant, mild, unique, imported roasts from Sweden - try some beans you’ll likely not find anywhere else!

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The first thing I look for when I walk into a new cafe in the Portland area is the coffee bags the shop is selling:

Are they using Coava or Proud Mary beans? Do they roast their own? Am I trying something new today, or maybe an old favorite?

Walking into Adapt Cafe in SE, I was surprised to see bags I’d not seen before - light and modern packaging around small, 250 gram bags from Morgon Coffee Roasters from Gothenburg, Sweden.

The swedish beans bled out into the design language of the shop - smallish seating area with huge windows and modern-feeling all-black furnishing against white walls. The barista was happy to tell me about the imported roasts from the very young 5-year-old roasting company they buy from, and the rapid pace at which they have been winning awards:

Our combined resume contains… competing in most things coffee. Some of those competitions resulted in a bronze in roasting, two silvers in brewing and two gold medals in coffee tasting.

In 2020 we had our first prize spotlight for Morgon when we were finalists in the 12th annual international Sprudgie’s award as “Most notable roaster in 2020”.

• Morgon Coffee Roasters’ “About Us” page, see links below

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I found the espresso to be very pleasant, on the mild side - the primary flavor comp I experienced was plum; a touch of sweetness and sourness, but not really any citrus per se, and certainly not much bitterness. After the first sip, I couldn’t tell if it was more sour or bitter. It wasn’t until the second and third sip that I made up my mind; that’s how subtle it was. The other flavor comps were structured, chocolate, and bisuit, but I could only really pick up notes of plum.

I had their honey process Costa Rican beans of the Catuai variety of Arabica from the Montero family - at first I thought Montero might have been referring to a coffee variety I’d not yet heard of, but no: these beans were grown by the Montero family, and Morgon’s website has a whole page about their relationship with the Montero family. Carlos Montero even visited Morgon in Gothenburg to see their roasting operation.

For being a dark-roast kinda guy, I really enjoyed their espresso. It’s obvious they care about coffee, their baristas are knoledgable, and they get their beans from a serious roasting company. I would love to see more Morgon beans around town, maybe even in a second Adapt Cafe location. I think they would get a lot of business in a more central location, though I do enjoy how many local roasters get the spotlight in cafes downtown.

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Adapt Cafe insta

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Morgon Coffee Roasters homepage