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Origins coffee buzz12/27/2023 Flat whites, espressos, and cappuccinos are all well-executed here - as are intricate pour overs such as rotating Gesha varietals - but it’s the non-traditional drinks that are worth lingering on. His modern approach is reflected in the menu the entrepreneur and barista says the fare is Asian-inspired but forward-facing. I have no particular leaning toward any Asian country because my family’s been here forever.” “I’m Asian, but I feel truly Asian American. “It was a network of official and non-official relatives,” Pong says of his family. The Bay has a unique history to this lineage as the earthquake of 1906 provided an opportunity to many would-be travelers who could claim their files had been destroyed in the wreckage. His great-great-grandfather came to San Francisco as a paper son, a term for mostly Chinese immigrants who purchased fraudulent identification documents asserting they are immediate family members to a Chinese American citizen. Paper Son’s namesake, and Pong’s own sense of ingenuity, comes from his family history. “I can’t say no to that,” Pong says.Īlex Pong with drinks from Paper Son Coffee. Now he’s knee-deep in that pop-up residency in the Dogpatch - and making some of the best coffee in the city while he’s at it. Goodies come from the bakery, of course, but Pong and a host of friends work the espresso machine as they crack out phenomenal and original drinks. The idea began with a coffee cart, possibly a catering outfit, but his friend and now business partner Alexander Fung told him Neighbor was looking for a drink program. Now he’s running Paper Son Coffee Wednesdays to Sundays at Neighbor Bakehouse. “I was used to blasting out coffee on the weekends.” “Why don’t I just make coffee?” he asked himself. When he got canned, it seemed so obvious. He was laid off while working in tech, but he’d already been a barista on the side for about five years, just for a bit of analog fun at now-defunct Contraband Coffee and Jina Bakes in Japantown to dip out of his digital world. Clad in a camo jacket with a toothy grin plastered across his face, Alex Pong is busy making arguably San Francisco’s most supreme coffee drinks.
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