"La Perlita founder Angel Medina is responsible for several Portland coffee businesses that launched prior to La Perlita, like Kiosko, Con Leche, and Smalltime Roasters. In early 2020 Medina rebranded Smalltime as Reforma Roasters, which now supplies the coffee for additional cafes that have opened since, including Esperanza Trading Co. and Electrica. Reforma is the namesake of the Mexico City barrio that Medina once inhabited, and many of his coffee beans are sourced from Mexico for beverages like cortaditos, con leches, and the True Mexican, a mocha sprinkled with cayenne, cinnamon, and freeze-dried raspberry crumbles. (Medina notably went on to found the celebrated República and its growing family of restaurants)." - Katrina Yentch, Nathan Williams
