Borneo Coffee

"On the central street in La Barra are Borneo Coffee and its owner Tommy Moche. Borneo is a find because the artisan coffee scene has not quite boomed in Uruguay yet. New Zealand’s flat white obsession began thirty years ago and the beachside cafe scene, blossomed simultaneously in Australia and on the West Coast of USA. Starbucks from Seattle (once purists) is legendary and with the UK coffee scene, the tenth monkey effect ushered in a new vibrant global cafe culture ,and with it the rise rock star cult of the Barista in centre stage. Tommy how come Borneo finds it home here in La Barra? I opened Borneo in 2016 so its the third year here but I have been coming from Buenos Airies to Uruguay with my family since childhood. We spent all our summers in our holiday house on the beach and surfing became the centre of my life. I opened a surf shop in Buenos Aries for three years and in winter time travelled the world looking for the best surf of course and the cafe culture that went long with it and things became clear. Why not combine both: surf and coffee. What happened next? I closed the Buenos Aires surf shop, moved to Uruguay determined to exchange a city life for a kind of “island in the sun life”. I began putting Borneo together and took on building my eco house as well. In fact I actually finished Borneo before the house."