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Specialty-only coffee shops in Los Angeles, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

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Be Bright Coffee

Be Bright Coffee

Melrose café, open since 2022, that roasts its own coffee weekly and has a kids' play area.

Melrose · Los Angeles, CA

Black Dog Coffee Roasters

Black Dog Coffee Roasters

Long Beach roaster-café on East 3rd Street serving its own coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Black Ring Coffee

Black Ring Coffee

North Long Beach café that roasts its own coffee and sells canned drinks.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Civil Coffee

Highland Park neighborhood café with a daily filter coffee and baked goods from the bakery next door.

Highland Park · Los Angeles, CA

CoffeeCode Roasters

Coffee Code – Norwalk

Norwalk café of Brea roaster CoffeeCode.

Norwalk, CA

Coffee for Sasquatch

Melrose café that roasts in-house, with a popular patio and a lavender latte.

Melrose · Los Angeles, CA

49th Parallel

CoffeeDrunk

Long Beach café of CoffeeDrunk, serving 49th Parallel coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

49th Parallel

CoffeeDrunk

Long Beach café of CoffeeDrunk, serving 49th Parallel coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

49th Parallel

CoffeeDrunk

Long Beach café of CoffeeDrunk, serving 49th Parallel coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Cognoscenti Coffee Roasters

Cognoscenti Coffee

Culver City single-origin espresso bar from Cognoscenti, which grew from a 2009 pop-up into an LA roaster.

Culver City Arts District · Culver City, CA

Cognoscenti Coffee Roasters

Cognoscenti Coffee

Cognoscenti's downtown Fashion District café, where the roaster also roasts its coffee.

Fashion District · Los Angeles, CA

Common Room Roasters

Common Room Roasters

Long Beach roaster-café serving its own coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Multi-roaster

Dayglow

Silver Lake multi-roaster bar with a big rotating bean selection, from Nordic-style roasts to up-and-coming roasters, plus seasonal signature drinks.

Silver Lake · Los Angeles, CA

Document Coffee Bar

Koreatown café that roasts in-house, offers an espresso flight and fills with laptop workers on weekdays.

Koreatown · Los Angeles, CA

Endorffeine

Nine-seat Chinatown bar where a former biochemist hand-brews each drink with his own mineral water blends and no added sugar; rare coffees on Mondays and…

Chinatown · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Culver City café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Culver City · Culver City, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Hollywood café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Hollywood · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Downtown café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Downtown · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Highland Park café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Highland Park · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Ivy Station café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Ivy Station · Culver City, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Larchmont Village café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Larchmont Village · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Los Feliz café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Los Feliz · Los Angeles, CA

Go Get Em Tiger

Go Get Em Tiger

Row DTLA café of Go Get Em Tiger, the LA roaster known for its house-made almond-macadamia milk.

Row DTLA · Los Angeles, CA

goodboybob Coffee Roasters

goodboybob

Manhattan Beach café of goodboybob, serving its own roasts.

Manhattan Beach · Manhattan Beach, CA

goodboybob Coffee Roasters

goodboybob

Santa Monica café of goodboybob, which sources, roasts and brews its own coffee, with a following for its matcha drinks.

Santa Monica · Santa Monica, CA

goodboybob Coffee Roasters

goodboybob

Venice café of goodboybob, serving its own roasts.

Venice · Venice, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Ground Hideout

Long Beach café on 4th Street serving Verve coffee with pastries.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Local Pasadena roaster (unnamed)

Highlight Coffee

Small café on the Pasadena–Altadena border with a tight menu made with a local roaster's coffee and European-style pastries.

Pasadena / Altadena · Pasadena, CA

Jones Coffee Roasters

Jones Coffee Roasters

Pasadena roaster-café with indoor and outdoor seating that will grind beans to take home.

Pasadena · Pasadena, CA

Multi-roaster

Kumquat Coffee

Downtown LA multi-roaster café with an ever-changing lineup of roasters and inventive signature drinks.

Financial District · Los Angeles, CA

LAMILL Coffee

One of LA's early specialty cafés, open since 2008 in Silver Lake, known for siphon brews alongside a breakfast menu.

Silver Lake · Los Angeles, CA

Lobo Coffee

Lobo Coffee

Lancaster café that roasts every bean in-house, with family coffee roots in El Salvador.

Lancaster, CA

Local Coffee Roasters

Local Coffee Roasters – West Covina

West Covina café of a neighborhood roaster that roasts weekly.

West Covina, CA

Mandarin Coffee Stand

Pasadena coffee stand focused on Chinese-grown coffees alongside beans from other roasters.

South Lake · Pasadena, CA

Maru Coffee

Maru Coffee

Maru's Arts District café, home to the roastery, with a pour-over menu alongside espresso.

Arts District · Los Angeles, CA

Maru Coffee

Maru Coffee

Maru's original Los Feliz café, a small minimalist room serving the LA roaster's coffees and its signature cream-topped drinks.

Los Feliz · Los Angeles, CA

Minimalist
Maru Coffee

Maru Espresso Bar

Maru's espresso-only bar in Beverly Hills, at The Maybourne.

Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills, CA

Menotti's Coffee Stop

Tiny five-stool coffee counter a short walk from Venice Beach.

Venice · Venice, CA

Newberry Coffee Roasters

Newberry Coffee Roasters

North Torrance café that hand-roasts about eight single origins on site each week.

North Torrance · Torrance, CA

Offset Coffee Roasters

Offset Coffee Roasters – Downtown Torrance

Offset's downtown Torrance café with order-ahead pickup.

Old Torrance · Torrance, CA

Offset Coffee Roasters

Offset Coffee Roasters – El Segundo

El Segundo café of South Bay roaster Offset.

El Segundo, CA

Offset Coffee Roasters

Offset Coffee Roasters – Hermosa Beach

Pier Avenue café of Offset Coffee Roasters.

Hermosa Beach, CA

Offset Coffee Roasters

Offset Coffee Roasters – Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach café of Offset Coffee Roasters.

Redondo Beach, CA

Offset Coffee Roasters

Offset Coffee Roasters – Torrance

South Bay roaster's Crenshaw Boulevard café selling its beans.

Torrance, CA

Patria Coffee Roasters

Patria Coffee Roasters

Compton roaster café that small-batch roasts to order and sells its beans.

Compton, CA

Loquat

Quat

Glassell Park café from the founders of Kumquat, pouring Loquat roasts and single origins in a spacious courtyard, with a private tasting room.

Glassell Park · Los Angeles, CA

Regent Coffee

Regent Coffee – Brew and Bottle House

Eagle Rock brew and bottle house of Glendale roaster Regent Coffee.

Eagle Rock · Los Angeles, CA

Regent Coffee

Regent Coffee – Roasters and Brew Bar

Glendale brew bar of a roaster that roasts in-house twice a week, with barrel-aged coffees.

Glendale, CA

Rose Park Roasters

Rose Park Roasters

Long Beach café of Rose Park Roasters, a local roaster serving its own coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Rose Park Roasters

Rose Park Roasters

Long Beach café of Rose Park Roasters, a local roaster serving its own coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Rose Park Roasters

Rose Park Roasters

Long Beach café of Rose Park Roasters, a local roaster serving its own coffee.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Penny Coffee; Cat & Cloud

Steelhead Coffee

Long Beach café of Steelhead Coffee, pouring beans from Penny and Cat & Cloud.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Penny Coffee; Cat & Cloud

Steelhead Coffee

Long Beach café of Steelhead Coffee, pouring beans from Penny and Cat & Cloud.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Penny Coffee; Cat & Cloud

Steelhead Coffee

Long Beach café of Steelhead Coffee, pouring beans from Penny and Cat & Cloud.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Stereoscope Coffee

Stereoscope Coffee

Warehouse-style Echo Park café from Orange County roaster Stereoscope, serving single-origin filter and espresso; a good spot to work.

Echo Park · Los Angeles, CA

Stereoscope Coffee

Stereoscope Coffee

Long Beach café of roaster Stereoscope on 2nd Street, selling pastries from Nonna Mercato.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

Teofilo Coffee Company

Teofilo Coffee Company – Carson

Filipino specialty roaster and café focused on Philippine coffees.

Carson, CA

Teofilo Coffee Company

Teofilo Coffee Company – Long Beach

Second Teofilo café, on 2nd Street in Long Beach.

Long Beach, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve's Arts District café and LA roasting site, with a full food menu alongside the Santa Cruz roaster's coffees.

Arts District · Los Angeles, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters

Manhattan Beach LA café of Verve, the Santa Cruz roaster named Roast Magazine's 2024 Roaster of the Year.

Manhattan Beach · Manhattan Beach, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters

Melrose Avenue LA café of Verve, the Santa Cruz roaster named Roast Magazine's 2024 Roaster of the Year.

West Hollywood · Los Angeles, CA

Verve Coffee Roasters

Verve Coffee Roasters

West 3rd Street LA café of Verve, the Santa Cruz roaster named Roast Magazine's 2024 Roaster of the Year.

Beverly Grove · Los Angeles, CA

Wolf's Brew Coffee

Wolf's Brew Coffee

Long Beach coffee shop that roasts its own beans and hosts a Sunday breakfast pop-up.

Long Beach · Long Beach, CA