The Boy and the Bear: a ‘Third Wave’ coffeehouse arrives in Redondo Beach from Colombia, by way of Sweden
Andres Piñeros, founder and owner of The Boy and The Bear. Photos The story of the Boy and the Bear begins at a coffeehouse in the small town of Falkenberg, Sweden. Andres Piñeros, a musician and graphic designer, had been asked to “fika” with some Swedish friends — that is, to get together for a cup of coffee. Piñeros is from Colombia, so he thought he knew a little bit about coffee, until the server set a French press in front of him along with a stopwatch and told him to wait four minutes to plunge the press. This, thought Piñeros, is different. “Super cool,” he said. “This is not like corporate coffee.” No paper or plastic cup. No hurry. Just ease, and — as he finally sipped the coffee and tasted its deep flavor — a reverence for quality. “That was the first time I got that zing in the brain,” Piñeros said. Piñeros is from a farming town in Colombia named Villavicencio. He emigrated to the U.S. to study at the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles before moving to Sweden in 2010. He would live there four years and become immersed in the “fika” culture of coffee. “The Swedish people are big time coffee lovers,” Piñeros said. “They drink coffee at least five times a day. It’s a…
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