Downtown Dallas Scores a Cute New Costa Rican Coffee Shop | Eater Dallas

"I found a brand-new coffee destination in Downtown Dallas that’s 150 years in the making: Berni Bean Coffee Company, located at the base of the Hartford Building at 400 North Saint Paul Street, Suite 120. The shop is the brainchild of brother-and-sister team Giuliana and Stefano Bernini, who opened it to share their family’s 150-year-old coffee tradition and to give back to Costa Rica, where their beans are cultivated. They offer three unique roasts — one for espresso and two for coffee called pepiada (meaning “infatuated”) and Don Flor, named for family patriarch Florentino Castro Soto — and plan to donate 1 percent of proceeds from their 100 percent Arabica coffee ($20–$21 for a 13 oz. bag) to organizations working to preserve Costa Rican rainforest. Originally intended as an online-and-wholesale brand, they chose a storefront to educate coffee drinkers about Costa Rican beans, and they support local bakers by serving pastries from Uptown’s Bisous Bisous Patisserie; hours are weekdays 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and weekends 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m." - Rachel Pinn