Haven Café is a cozy space inside Haven Palm Beach, a recently opened experiential design center at 211 Royal Poinciana Way. It is the perfect venue for meeting up with friends and enjoying one of the most exceptional cups of coffee on the island.
The café features Chik Monk coffees and Chik Monk specialty coffee products made from beans grown on barista Nandini Jayaprasad’s family coffee estates in the lush mountain range of Chikmagalur, India.
It is coffee with a conscience. The beans are tended, hand-picked, sun-dried by the local community and are Rainforest Alliance Certified. This part of southern India is known as the garden of the sub-continent. It has a microclimate, with a dense rain forest canopy and is home to large agricultural estates that grow some of the most coveted coffee beans in the world.
Most of the production is presold to France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Scandinavian countries and marketed under well-known brand names.
Jayaprasad is currently in India overseeing this year’s harvest.
David Beil, Jayaprasad’s husband and business partner, is running the day-to-day operations at home. Beil grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan but his family has deep roots in Palm Beach. His father, Leo Beil, was an associate of Chuck Muer and Harold Kaplan, the team that opened the former Chuck and Harold’s and Charley’s Crab restaurants.
As children, the Beil family took extended vacations throughout Europe. This gave Beil a view of the world that tweaked his interest in developing countries. While studying in Germany for his doctorate in economics, an opportunity to attend a seminar in India came up.
The welcome reception, held at a coffee bar in downtown Bangalore, was hosted by Jayaprasad. Beil was smitten by the hostess, fascinated by the country and found excuses to go back to India often. The couple began a trans-continental romance that culminated in a three-day traditional wedding on the estate attended by 600 friends and family.
They are passionate about their coffee. The beans come into the country green and are locally roasted in small batches to their specifications by Oceana Coffee in Tequesta.
Chik Monk’s style is coffee with low acidity, smooth on the tongue with balanced flavors. Medium roast, whole or ground, has hints of caramel, citrus, fruits and spices. Dark roast also comes whole or ground, and has notes of chocolate, caramel and nuts with a touch of spice. French roast, whole or ground, has roasted nuts and dark chocolate accents. Espresso, whole bean only, is well-balanced with caramel, chocolate and fruity tones.
The 12-ounce bags of coffee are $15 to $17. The company offers free local delivery.
The coffee is also is sold at Amici Market.
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IF YOU GO
Haven Café is inside Haven Palm Beach
211 Royal Poinciana Way
Open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
561-247-2178.
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ICED LATTE
½ cup ice cubes
2 shots of hot espresso or 2 ounces of hot strong brewed coffee
2 or 3 tablespoons milk, oat milk or other non-dairy milk
Place the ice in a cocktail shaker, pour hot coffee over the ice and shake for about 10 seconds.
Pour the iced coffee into a cup and top with milk.
Makes one serving.
source: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com / Palm Beach Daily News / Home> Lifestyle / by Roberta Sabban, Special to Daily News / February 23rd, 2021
