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Nocturne Espresso Bar

Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Espresso after dark

Pulled slow.
Poured late.

A twelve-seat espresso bar on Lantern Row, open until 1am six nights a week. One house blend, three single origins, no rush.

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Tue–Sun · 7am–1am

Inside the shot

Dose18.0 g
Yield36.0 g
Time28 s

Temp 93.5 °CPressure 9 bar

18g in · 36g out · 28 seconds.

Every shot is weighed going in and weighed coming out. Twenty-eight seconds is where the Nocturne Blend stops being sharp and starts being sweet.

03 Origin

It started
1,750 metres up.

Before it was a shot, it was a cherry on a ridge above Pitalito. We buy from three farms we have stood on, and we publish what we pay.

  1. 01

    Finca El Mirador

    Huila, Colombia

    Altitude
    1,750 m
    Process
    Washed
    Variety
    Caturra & Castillo

    Red grape, panela, cacao nib

  2. 02

    Konga Cooperative

    Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

    Altitude
    2,000 m
    Process
    Natural
    Variety
    Kurume heirloom

    Blueberry, jasmine, bergamot

  3. 03

    Finca La Soledad

    Acatenango, Guatemala

    Altitude
    1,600 m
    Process
    Honey
    Variety
    Bourbon

    Brown butter, orange zest, toffee

2026 average paid: $4.10/lb FOB, 2.1× the commodity price.

04 Roast

Scroll is
the roast.

We roast Mondays and Thursdays in a five-kilo drum three blocks from the bar. Green to full city in under twelve minutes, and we drop the Nocturne Blend forty seconds after first crack.

Bean temp224 °C
Time11:40
First crack9:05
First crack 9:050:0011:40
  1. Green
  2. Cinnamon
  3. City
  4. Full City

05 The menu turns the cup

  1. Espresso, served at Nocturne

    01 / 04 · Nocturne Blend

    Espresso

    18g → 36g · 28s · 93.5°C

    Dark cherry, molasses, and a cocoa finish that stays with you down the block. Served with a sparkling water back.

    Price
    $4.25
  2. Flat White, served at Nocturne

    02 / 04 · Double ristretto

    Flat White

    5 oz whole milk · steamed to 60°C

    Silk-textured milk folded into two short shots, poured into a rosetta. Ask for oat — we steam it to the same glass-like finish.

    Price
    $5.50
  3. Cold Brew, served at Nocturne

    03 / 04 · Huila, washed

    Cold Brew

    18-hour steep · one hand-cut cube

    Steeped overnight in the walk-in, strained through linen, poured over a single clear cube so it never goes thin.

    Price
    $5.75
  4. Cardamom-Orange Cortado, served at Nocturne

    04 / 04 · Seasonal · autumn

    Cardamom-Orange Cortado

    Equal parts · burnt orange peel syrup

    Green cardamom ground to order and a peel syrup we reduce on Sunday nights. Warm, a little bitter, very late-night.

    Price
    $6.25

  5. Also pouring

    Cortado
    $4.75
    Macchiato
    $4.50
    Batch filter, Yirgacheffe
    $3.75
    Swiss-water decaf (after 10pm, no judgement)
    $4.25
    70% hot chocolate
    $5.00
    Brown-butter canelé
    $4.00

    Beans to take home · 250g

    Nocturne Blend
    $19.00
    Finca El Mirador
    $22.00
    Konga Cooperative
    $24.00
    Finca La Soledad
    $21.00

    Oat and whole milk at no extra charge. Extra shot $1.25.

06 The bar

Twelve seats.
One long bar.
Open late.

A walnut counter, two group heads and a record player that takes over after nine. Come in for a cortado, stay for the second one.

Hours

Tue–Sun · 7am–1am

Monday closed. Canelés until they are gone.

Address

71 Lantern Row
Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 555-0147 · bar@nocturne.example

Four minutes from Bedford Av on the L.

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07 To go

Order ahead,
skip the line.

Order before you leave and it's waiting on the pass when you walk in, usually in about six minutes.

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