Drink This: The Horchata Latte at Noman Coffee

In Homeric myth, Odysseus fools Polyphemus the man-eating cyclops by getting him drunk, telling him his name is “Noman,” and driving a spear into his eye. When the other cyclopses ask Polyphemus who hurt him, he says, “Noman!” and Odysseys escapes in the confusion.

Meanwhile, Noman Coffee in the Mission has an horchata latte with a slightly more down-to-earth provenance than The Odyssey: It came from one of the baristas’ abuelas.…