The atelier
Aureum began as a Thursday roasting club above a Mercer Street walk-up. The rule still holds: if a lot cannot stand on its own as a filter pour, it does not touch the espresso machine. The bar is short, the music is low, and every ticket still goes out with a name.
12
hour roast rest
6
origin lots
1
WhatsApp ticket
Menu
Signature$6.50
Our signature double espresso stretched with steamed milk and a velvet microfoam finish.
House$4.00
A concentrated pour of rotating estate beans with cocoa, citrus, and a long sweet finish.
$5.50
Ristretto shots folded into silk milk. Compact, glossy, and precisely balanced.
$6.75
70% single-origin chocolate melted into espresso and finished with a thin cream cap.
Origin$7.00
Floral Ethiopian lot brewed to order. Bergamot, wild honey, and jasmine on the nose.
All day$5.75
Eighteen-hour steep. Low acid, dark cherry sweetness, served over a single clear cube.
For two$14.00
Three 3oz pours of the current espresso, filter, and seasonal lot with tasting notes.
Seasonal$6.25
Stone-milled Uji matcha whisked to a fine foam. Bright, savory, and quietly sweet.
Dessert$7.50
Madagascar vanilla gelato drowned in a hot espresso. Dessert and digestif in one glass.
Baked at 6am$4.50
Laminated overnight with French butter. Shattering exterior, honeyed crumb.
$5.25
A coiled bun of dark chocolate, orange zest, and toasted sugar. Made for the first coffee.
Set$12.00
Aureum latte, butter croissant, and still water. The weekday ritual, composed.
The ritual
01
Direct lots from six farms. We buy the same elevation, same process, same harvest window.
02
Small batches every Thursday. Twelve hours of rest, then the first cupping before service.
03
Recipes written on the ticket rail. You order from the site, we pull it the same way at the bar.
Guest book
“The Yirgacheffe tastes like bergamot and honey. I walk from Broome twice a week for it.”
“Aureum is the only shop that treats oat milk like a craft, not an afterthought.”
“Quiet, precise, and the croissant flakes like gold leaf. WhatsApp pickup is a gift.”
Visit
Walk-ins are welcome. If you are on the move, compose your tray here and we will have it waiting — the same WhatsApp thread the bar already watches.
Address
18 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013
Hours
