Proper Order Coffee Co. has served coffee in Smithfield since 2016, working with roasters from around Europe. Its slogan is “Exceedingly Good Coffee”.
The house espresso is Caramelt, a natural Brazil from DAK in Amsterdam, and the guest coffees are on frequent rotation, with the day’s line-up on the board. Filter comes two ways, both sit-in only: drip, for something easy-going, and pour-over, for more complex and expressive coffees brewed to order.
The freeze-distilled flat white uses milk that has been frozen and slowly thawed to remove 62.5% of its water, which concentrates its sugars, proteins and fats, with an espresso chosen for the milk and changed with the seasons. Turkish coffee comes two ways, sit-in only: traditional, brewed in a cezve with house-made rose syrup and served unfiltered, or a “new wave” version made with precise ratios and controlled temperature. There are also pour-overs of light-roasted single-origin cacao from Ander, from Peru and Togo.
Seasonal lattes use syrups made in house, such as cardamom and vanilla or pumpkin spice, alongside a tonka and malt hojicha and a brown butter and honey matcha finished with bee pollen from Olly’s Farm in Glenasmole.
Coffee on the shelf
- DAK Coffee Roasters house espresso, Caramelt
Photograph: Proper Order Coffee Co.