Hazel de los Reyes

Coffee Alchemy

Coffee Alchemy opens Gumption NYC

Hazel de los Reyes and Clare Lim of Sydney-based roaster Coffee Alchemy have opened their first roaster and café in Brooklyn, United States. “We’ve opened doors and it’s so exciting. It’s really happening,” says Clare, direct from New York. The duo’s first overseas venue, Gumption Coffee, an extension of its Sydney store, had a soft opening in late December 2018, but Clare says it’s time to make some noise internationally.
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Through Hazel de los Reyes’ eyes

There’s something special about childhood memories, the way they retrace forgotten parts of your upbringing and create feelings of nostalgia. For Hazel de los Reyes, memories of school holidays spent at her grandmother’s house in Batangas in the Philippines became the catalyst for a career she’s obsessed with. 
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