Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[eternal birch]

no cash tips 😦

[obtuse laurel]

anyone have recommendations on house setup for water? Out of the tap im 400TDS right now and looking to get some sort of water softner / filter / RO system combo

For drinking water, ive just been buying the 5gal Primo jugs and want to just get away from the annoyingness

[lunar fjord]

I’ve been doing zero water and then making holy water

It’s taken me almost 2 years to use up all the concentrate I made one afternoon

If I owned my own home I’d have a RO system though

[eternal birch]

i just have an ispring ro + remineralize setup under my sink counter

was about 200 I think? change filters every 6/12mo

[weary chasm]

I went the ro route.

If you have a Costco membership, you can get an ro system through them.

Really nice because in a year or two if your ro system is experiencing leaks or something, Costco got your back.

[obtuse laurel]

thats a good point

[obtuse laurel]

Do you know the TDS you end up getting out of it?

[compact hound]

You can just venmo me next time 😛

[drowsy knot]

I use Apec water systems ro (they are local) and added a bypass for the remineralizer. From 500+ TDS down to ±17. Then mineralize for what I like

[weary chasm]

Ranges from 7 to 20 depending on how old the filters are

My tds starts around 200

[weary chasm]

i use this one FWIW

https://www.costco.com/brondell-circle-reverse-osmosis-water-filtration-system.product.100457228.html

[eternal birch]

ill bring a bag

[cedar otter]

@glossy sail did u get ur baggie

[crude citrus]

I got this RO system. 6TDS out of tap. Has a meter on tap that matches my cheapo $15 TDS meter https://ebay.us/m/ZG0eMR

Says refurb but mine came new and no signs that it was used

[obtuse laurel]

Waterdrop was what i was looking into

so pretty happy with it?

[crude citrus]

Been great so far

I also have a home water softener too

[boreal solar]

How was the installation?

[crude citrus]

Easy since I already had a hole in my countertop.

Can’t give a good estimate on install time. Mine took 3x as long probably because an open cabinet is apparently an invitation for cats and 1 year olds

[tight gorge]

What’s the inside baseball on LaLaLand @cedar otter

Both legitimately good for what they are

[mellow sonnet]

I'm excited to have a hole on my counter and a water inlet for this

[cedar otter]

Wym

[tight gorge]

is it owned by a famous restaurant group? they always poppin and drinks hit the spot

[eternal birch]

backlog lychee dream

probably like 2 months old post-freezer

funk to high hell

[cedar otter]

Upgrades never end

[night urchin]

Can confirm, the install took me 3x because of my cats.

[mellow sonnet]

Did u get the burr out

[cedar otter]

Yerr phillips #3

[mellow sonnet]

Niceeeee

[cedar otter]

Now the P100 is fitted with titus brew burrs

[eternal birch]

$150 filter holder

[boreal solar]

Fancy. Looking forward to checking it out the once a month I get out do the house 😂

[compact hound]

Next time im at the grove im going to try

[mellow sonnet]

The p100 looks tiny at that angle 💀 same footprint as paragon

[cedar otter]

Yeah love p100 honestly

[mellow sonnet]

I'm looking at a maybe p100 with HU for spro

Assuming I can find one

But my cart is too small

I might do some rearranging next weekend and see if I can fit a second cart

🤡

[crude citrus]

Put it on top of your BDB

[tight gorge]

Banana cream top + belles milk.

Lavender + belles + the cloud

[cedar otter]

I don’t think so. I know they hire like foster kids and stuff. Good intentions

[tight gorge]

Oh snap, that’s awesome

[cedar otter]

https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/eatery-employs-foster-care-kids-la-la-land-kind-cafe-grove-1235470842/

“One private investor”

Dude he’s like 30 year old now

[old cosmos]

i still got 2 bags in the freezer, latest batch.

[cedar otter]

I got lychee 2.0 coming out in a couple of weeks

pink bourbon instead of castillo

might do a blend of it

[old cosmos]

still tons of funk?

[cedar otter]

Less funk

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/510056308768859/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Looks like that guy is keeping the slayer

And selling the LM

[crude citrus]

Damn highlight got broken into again ☹️

[mellow sonnet]

The altadena location:(

[boreal solar]

I haven’t been to Altadena since the fires. I should pay a visit.

[tight gorge]

I was offered a lot there but cant convince myself to do it

construction zone for 2-3 years

and I wonder how much home insurance will be

[drowsy knot]

I am in Altadena almost every day (sadly shooting lots, etc) and in addition to it being a construction zone for years, there are serious questions about the safety of the soil itself. I also know residents who, having spent 60-80k on remediation are waking up with headaches, dizziness. Developers are buying up a significant number of the lots and this will result in complete change in the nature of the community. Not saying this is bad or good (that’s so personal for everyone) but whatever Altadena will be in the future is not what it once was.

[crude citrus]

Probably can’t get it commercially. Have to get the CA FAIR plan

And I’ve heard it’s really expensive

[desert stirrup]

Do any of you guys want to join me and @left inlet to hire a champion latte artist? If the group is a decent size it shouldn’t be expensive per person!

[boreal solar]

Are you looking for tutorials?

[desert stirrup]

For me I’m looking for guidance and feedback

[crude citrus]

If you hire Emilee I want to learn how to make the best cockacinno

[mellow sonnet]

I would be interested if I still had a de1 or a commercial machine

Steam difference is kinda crazy

I can't wait to upgrade again once I move back

BDB made me realize met is off the table bc I like occasional milk steaming

[boreal solar]

Is the BDB weaker steam wise than the DE1?

I’m a little surprised

[tight gorge]

I had a fire cortado yesterday and I agree. But I’m two years into the met saga that I must see it through

There’s this dream milk steamer that seems pretty capable

[mellow sonnet]

I feel like I don't steam enough that I would be happy w a dedicated steamer on the counter rip

[boreal solar]

Met milk could be good too. I have no idea.

[mellow sonnet]

Went to new tonkotsu place for lunch 🫡 p good

It's in Monterey Park and opened last Monday or something

[boreal solar]

I’ve been happy with the de1pro steaming despite being a downgrade from the mini. I consistently get better results tbh. Mostly because the mini was too powerful for me 😂

[mellow sonnet]

De1 was so nice to steam on tbh

It def wasn't commercial machine level but it was really good

[boreal solar]

For my current use it’s also been a nonissue not steaming at the same time. I feel like the workflow issues for steaming are overstated

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I can't multitask anyways bc I'm sitting there holding the manual button for preinfusion 💀

[eternal birch]

this the one in tokyo central gardena

[cedar otter]

Tonkotsu is a soup

😂

[left inlet]

@tight gorge Carlos told me that many of the parts in Met milk is the same internals as dream milk steamer.

[mellow sonnet]

New one in Monterey Park but ya same chain I think

[tight gorge]

Ah, yeah well I’m also gettin that so I’ll take it for a spin

Although who knows the timeline on that one

[mellow sonnet]

I went to mandarin and this dude has a whole shed on his truck

He got a motorcycle parked in it and everything

Straps putting in the work tbh

Both scary and impressive ngl

[low mantle]

You could try bumping up the steam boiler temp.

I was somehow able to contort my hand to hold down pre-infusion and the steam knob/lever. Usually my milk finished right before my shot did.

That being said; the steam power on my ACS dual boiler is insane compared to the BDB. I suck so bad at steaming milk now.

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I bumped the temp to max yesterday

[surreal pivot]

Bougie Maru very good. Idk how I haven’t stopped by before

[weary chasm]

what did you get

black coffee? or their signature drinks

[surreal pivot]

Black coffee

[tight gorge]

It’s one of the few shops your bae (Jack) recommends

I also liked their spro the few times I’ve been

[surreal pivot]

A shame that they don’t just implement this same concept at their two other locations

[glossy sail]

Best I got right now lol

Came back home to all this. Thanks @cedar otter 🙏🏼

[desert stirrup]

Yeah I agree. 1 in 4 shots I pull will be cortados or cappuccinos!

[desert stirrup]

Wait you’ve been waiting for 2 years??

[mellow sonnet]

Oh mine was to make bad beans drinkable

[desert stirrup]

Join the latte artist class!

[desert stirrup]

Imagine making bad beans drinkable with a cockaccino

Tempting

I know

[trail tiger]

Is this called bougie maru? 😂

[tight gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/embarrassed-sad-cry-interview-gif-4477593

The first date that was floated was August 2023, then December 2023. And the rest is history

[dull adder]

Once upon a time, I remember arguing that, no, the Meticulous wont ship before their Argos because they were considering refunding the Argos and getting a Meticulous. At the time Argos was already actively shipping but only around 20-40 units per month

This was maybe a year and a half ago?

[dull adder]

Also around this time I was talking with Jack Endorffeine and he thought it would ship closer to end of year. At the time they were unsure of either going powder coat or anodized. I told Jack it's going to be a while..

[surreal pivot]

Beverly Hills Maru, Bougie Maru, High Falutin Maru, take your pick 😂

[mellow sonnet]

Wow I could actually get that right now

Financially I can afford it but financially responsible? No 🤡

[vivid violet]

why the heck is that so expensive ?

it's a Decent on steroids ?

[dull adder]

It's not nearly as capable as a DE1 lol

[mellow sonnet]

It's got better steam but worse flow profiling and only SAV no scale integration

The screen is awkward and small and hard to dial with 🤡

[dull adder]

Also Fellow now makes an ES1 that is 10x cheaper

[mellow sonnet]

It's basically expensive es1 yeah

A high school friend randomly messaged me on IG saying he bought the fellow es1 interestingly

[weary chasm]

They know you are into espresso to message you

😂

Sad times. Power outage in my area

[dull adder]

My friend too, they were given an estimate of 3am

[vivid violet]

from rain ? what was the cause ?

[mellow sonnet]

It's raining?

[vivid violet]

I have the TV on, and it just did the warning screech twice about flash flooding

EDIT: just checked, no rain near LA. wonder why they alerted..

[boreal solar]

It rained the day before here. Nothing heavy but we had the alert mass ping all the phones in the store while I was at Costco. I believe the impression was that a system was going to hit us then. Perhaps a false alarm again.

I always go to bed at like 9pm 😂 but see no evidence of an outage out here

[mellow sonnet]

https://abc7.com/post/pasadena-small-business-highlight-coffee-shop-targeted-fast-moving-burglar-stole-cash-register/16673358/

🫡 highlight on the news

[tight gorge]

Perry in the feed

https://www.instagram.com/stories/tanakafarms/3649123598861758392?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MXA0cDR5NW10aXl2aw==

Peach season is starting 😱

💸

[desert stirrup]

Brother. Ask for that refund

[mellow sonnet]

You're too new to understand met lore

I should hit up highlight today

[left inlet]

The Meticulous is worth the wait in my opinion. I love the capability. Designing a product like that from the ground up is not easy. Its "production hell right now" to quote a famous person. The people that have them are reporting they are very capable as Rory can attest to. The wait is not that much longer. Hopefully the sourcing of longer time frame parts gets sorted out. I figure by Christmas we should start seeing a lot more of them.

[manic helm]

We don't know what the wait is

[manic helm]

But no refund for me, I'm going down with the ship

[tight gorge]

Same, tbh I forgot the exact amount I paid lol

at this point it’s free in my mind

[dull adder]

It was very local to that one spot, my friend just lives close to azeo

[weary chasm]

Yeah. Power came back early morning. Then went out again for an hour. Before coming back on.

Just seeing the promo

Power died from Thursday at around 650pm

Came back on Friday morning at 3am

Died for about 40 minutes at 5am

[vivid violet]

what area of LA are you at ?

[weary chasm]

Gardena

[vivid violet]

damn. good ol' AI explained those power outages this way:

• Power outages in Gardena, CA can be caused by several factors, including weather, planned maintenance, and grid overload.
• Severe weather events like storms or hurricanes can damage power lines and equipment, leading to outages.
• Additionally, Southern California Edison (SCE) may schedule outages to perform maintenance and upgrades on the electrical infrastructure.
• Grid overload, especially during extreme heat or cold, can also trigger outages as equipment may reach its capacity limits.

[mellow sonnet]

Rip window

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-06-06/maru-mandarin-coffee-stand-discontinue-cream-top-add-ons

Maru and mandarin in LATimes lol

Cream top go byebye

Maru sold it as a 3$ add-on is crazy to me

3$ add on is wild

[eternal birch]

jagalchi

[cedar otter]

It’s a code name for “plz don’t order this”

[tight gorge]

Will try to hit this up today

[compact hound]

What’d you think?

[eternal birch]

pretty good! need to try yukdaejang later as well but I heard its in ktown as well

[compact hound]

I prefer it over yukdaejang

But ive only had both once

[eternal birch]

need to see where else we can eat for lunch

next week might go kbbq

[compact hound]

Whereee

[eternal birch]

heard complaints about yukdaejang, some interns thought it was mid

so I chose jagalchi instead

[eternal birch]

idk like yellow cow maybe? somewhere not too pricy

we were gonna go to yeems after but the line was too long

forgot to mobile order

[compact hound]

Always really busy from 1:30-2:30

Post lunch matchas

[eternal birch]

drinking a really unique bag of momos rn instead

[eternal birch]

it blew up waaaay too much but its real good shawarma

very different than shawarma I'm used to in LA

[tight gorge]

not me waiting in a queue to buy expensive stone fruit

sold out in 2 minutes but managed to snagg them

[cedar otter]

Scenery beans went up top bc I have no space

[crude citrus]

Gotta support the local establishment 🫡

[cedar otter]

I was gonna go today but someone called out

[tight gorge]

What happens when you have 2-3 shops?

[glossy sail]

gotta learn Instant Transmission from Goku

[cedar otter]

They’ll deal with it

[surreal pivot]

Is Apollon’s as dark as Coffee County?

[cedar otter]

No

Used to be known as the lightest roaster from Japan

😂

[surreal pivot]

Who would you compare their roast level to at present?

[crude citrus]

Used to? Did someone take the crown?

[cedar otter]

Hmmmm sey? Their recommended resting period is 30-45 days

[crude citrus]

Are on call baristas a thing? Maybe it should

[mellow sonnet]

They started roasting darker

Few years ago

[cedar otter]

“Darker” but still on the light roast spectrum

[mellow sonnet]

It's not bana-light anymore but it's def light

[weary chasm]

Literal stone fruit

[compact hound]

They used to be on the ultralight spectrum

[dull adder]

They changed their roaster and it went downhill from there. Or so I hear, I stopped buying from them

[cedar otter]

Yeah apparently they are on the way back up

[dull adder]

Maybe I should have bought one of the bags, I was considering it when I was in today

[vivid violet]

anyone tried this Ethiopian restaurant in Eagle Rock ?

looks good..

https://maps.app.goo.gl/QetiS2SyWKTDbTm79

[mellow sonnet]

Guys James Wang really cooked w this one

[boreal solar]

Haven’t been there yet. But GS in Covina is really good if you have a craving.

[civic crest]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodLosAngeles/s/mgAxV63tqo

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/688630250730024/?mibextid=dXMIcH

12k speedster

[boreal solar]

Just open a cafe already 😂

[mellow sonnet]

[eternal birch]

DO IT

[cedar otter]

I actually went to boichik this morning in East Hollywood. They messed up my order AGAIN. Everytime I go, there's one thing they miss

it's like the fourth time

and they don't have a phone number or anything

[vivid violet]

oh no. when they get it right, is it worth it ?

seems with that failure rate, not worth going 😂

[eternal birch]

the dtla employees were a bit slow, i think they dont have the resources to train properly?

i feel bad for everyone who stood in chagee line for hours lmfaoo

[nova terrace]

I’m at Dyke Day LA today. Friends were slow so I’ve had no coffee. Anyone know good shops near Highland Park/Sycamore Grove Park?

[cedar otter]

kumquat

[weary chasm]

Is this like chapresso

I guess I'm out of the loop. What makes chagee special

[eternal birch]

not much, dont think its worth the hype. pref formosa, molly tea, heytea

also new

[mellow sonnet]

Chagee filed US IPO

They have a couple hundred shops in asia

One of the top shops in asia along w mixue

Tea chains being the top performing businesses in Asia being super popular. They're just expanding to US and a lot of international people familiar with their branches in Asia being excited for locations in the US

[drowsy knot]

Quick follow up PSA to my earlier comments about lots for sale in Altadena. Spoke with a long time client who has been a top agent in the area for two decades. They have been on the board of everything and are deeply rooted in the community. The number of lots being purchased by developers is massively underreported in the media. There are all kinds of tricks being used right now to mask the scope of it but the vast majority of lots appear to be getting scooped up by large players. There is also a lot of fraud going on with sales to individuals so please keep both things in mind when doing your due diligence. Happy to connect anyone with my client for advice if you are considering. In no way getting compensated for that and can relay questions if you already have representation to avoid any conflict of interest. Sad to say that the creeps come out en masse in these situations but I think we all already know it. And now back to coffee!!

[tight gorge]

Yikes, sounds like things will massively change post rebuild

[tight gorge]

Secured the loot

Andy’s cherries on Wednesday is next 🎯

[eternal birch]

how they taste? are they going in fridge first?

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah it's also worth noting a lot of people I know are on a time limit of how long insurance will help cover their temporary rentals. Developers are willing to buy land above asking and sit on the land for 2-3 years before they bother to start developing

My pharmacist was trying to buy the house across the street for a larger lot but they've been super iffy on selling bc developers are offering more :/ u can be "good" and sell to neighbors or you can cash out properly

[tight gorge]

Haven’t dove in yet. These are masumoto and their peak can be as good as Andy’s, but Andy’s has a better batting average across the season.

Typically I leave out and once ripe I wash and put in the fridge to eat within the next 1-2 days. All of these peaches feel ripe though

[drowsy knot]

Slowly at first, and then very quickly. Going to transition from a lot of small, artsy homes to a lot of rentals.

[glossy sail]

i get mine delivered by my SO lolololol. i aint got the patience for that

[vale pelican]

not sure if this is the right channel but does anyone have pour over shop recs near lax? have a 6hr layover

[tight gorge]

Nothing worth leaving/entering lax tbh

[boreal solar]

It takes an hour to get minimal distance from LAX tbh. I wouldn’t bother.

[eternal birch]

lorenzo BH, real good

what I expected al antico to be

[compact hound]

@tight gorge the timing on this lmfao

I went to breadhead yesterday and it was so lackluster

I do want to try lorenzo

[civic crest]

Lmk if you need help

[tight gorge]

I liked it too, just recall the bread was aight. A bit tough, I had to chew for days.

I liked antico the two times I went, the pistachio sando is dry af but somehow I didnt mind

[tight gorge]

Goodeggs has some, theres a 20% off code and delivery is free if you order above $50 (which comes down to $40 post discount). I wouldnt bother if Andy's has peaches on Wednesday though.

I was just too blue balled and I have a soft spot for masumoto from my beer hobby days

these are super juicy and sweet, a bit too much acidity but overall real good

[compact hound]

I dont understand baguette sandwiches where the bread is hard as fuck

Open market comes to mind

Literally just hurts your teeth and bites like a tough steak

[dull adder]

There's Klatch inside of LAX. Just make sure they are open and still exist 😅

I made my spouse walk through half of LAX, which is a trek and a half to get from gate to gate within the airport. But if you have 6 hrs that's plenty of time

[dull adder]

Oh no. I won't say anything to the owner 😶

I know one of the owners, I work with his wife

[compact hound]

Hah i wouldnt care if you said something

[drowsy knot]

as a lifelong business creator/owner this is the opposite of what most of us want. Obv you have to decide what’s best since you have the working relationship but not knowing when something is wrong is how people go out of business

[compact hound]

Was thinking the same

[tight gorge]

Throw in two votes for BH being aight. But whenever I drive past it they seem to be doing just fine.

good branding goes a long way imo

[dull adder]

Good point! I will say I'd probably need something more substantial/actionable than just lackluster

But I probably won't say anything.
They are opening two additional shops soon

[compact hound]

Yeah i was going to wait for the manhattan beach one to open up but my gf really wanted to try it yesterday

Its just overall mid tbh

I expected a lot more from the bread coming from a place named “breadhead”

No olive oil taste and the texture was lacking in every way possible

It was actually giving stale vibes

If the bread was banging it would make up for the average filling

[drowsy knot]

100% needs to be specific and actionable - totally agree!

[earnest robin]

Where from?

[tight gorge]

Masumoto peaches/nectarines

[earnest robin]

Which market? Or it's online

[tight gorge]

oh, tanaka farms in Irvine which coincidentally is a very fun tourist farm for toddlers, recommend.

but goodeggs.com sell them too, I realized this after I had comitted to going to irvine

hellogoodeggs to get 20% off first 4 orders (if first time buyer) lol

[mellow sonnet]

I love Tanaka farms Christmas lights too

[compact hound]

Ive only been during pumpkin patch season

Very cute

But it was hot as fuck

[mellow sonnet]

Christmas lights is night time

It's just a small drive thru event thou

[opal junco]

Hm, anyone know much about Seed & Water? Looks to be soft open at the Source Mall in Buena Park, the usual third wave vibes but it's an enormous cafe space and they have some serious volume, roasters on the floor and groupheads. Was trying to figure out why they have like 5 of these machines plus a modbar, a La Marzocco 2group, and a PourSteady

I thought it was some Korean chain but looks like this is an OG. Anyway happy to see more options filling the third space role

[compact hound]

Def going to check this out next time im in the area

First time hearing about it

[cedar otter]

I saw really really really bad reviews about their coffees tho

I heard it was put together by a big restauranteur

First time going into coffee stuff

[opal junco]

Yeah I didn't bother, even tho it's 50% off for soft open 😂 it def looks like coal and matcha and pastries built for scale. Was just curious at the huge array of brewing equipment

[cedar otter]

He owns 4 other restaurants in that shopping center

[surreal pivot]

Any sandwich for that matter. Which is why I never understood the bay cities hype (RIP)

Never had bread harder than Bay cities. Hilariously that wasn’t what ended up taking them out 😂

[cedar otter]

You’re supposed to soften the crust with your saliva 👅 💦

Jk

[opal junco]

might as well wait for ondo 2 to open and we can go together lol. @cedar otter you mentioned a June open, got an updated date?

[crude citrus]

I thought the roaster has to be enclosed to pass health inspection, unless I’m wrong or it’s just for show

[cedar otter]

Prolly July haha

[cedar otter]

I’ve seen a bunch of places that don’t keep their roasters in an enclosed space tbh

Laidrey in Tarzana roasts while customers are in lol it gets loud

[weary chasm]

Is there something going down in downtown?

Protests and escalations?

[cedar otter]

ICE ICE baby

They raided one of my clients when I was in the fashion industry

[compact hound]

Downnnnn

[compact hound]

So fucking lame

[surreal pivot]

They were block away from my GF’s place last night in Chinatown

[tight gorge]

Any sando shop that serves boars heard is an auto DQ for me

[boreal solar]

I get boars head sandwiches at sprouts. Why bother?

[surreal pivot]

I bet the vermin that took over bay cities couldn’t even chew through the bread

[tight gorge]

It won’t be exciting, fine for a daily driver I’m sure.

Amazing deli meat like at Lorenzo is a game changer

[cedar otter]

I need to start sourcing some fine deli meats and cheese for ondo 2

Or maybe we go crazy and sous vide everything

Sousvide chicken breast

[crude citrus]

Pizza toppings? 👀

[cedar otter]

Sammies

[weary chasm]

I hear fireworks in my neighborhood, and I'm not sure why or what's the occasion.

If anyone hears fireworks too, lemme know.

[weary chasm]

Ohh.

You mean the floor and ceiling is already set if you use boars head

[dull adder]

I've been hearing them a lot more over the last week or two. I think it's just getting close to the 4th

[desert stirrup]

Looks godly

[winter solar]

Any recs of good shops using Inglewood as the center point? Everywhere good seems to be too north of the 10 for me..

Also wish I could make Thursdays tasting at Ondo but Thursday is tough for me. Looking forward to the next weekend opportunity

[desert stirrup]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2225243614644530/?mibextid=wwXIfr

$4500 for a GS3 is wild

[weary chasm]

I guess there's offset coffee I think. But what's "good" coffee to you

Lol.

Check out Yeems Coffee!
https://yelp.to/10mXr3h_bC

[cedar otter]

Account made in 2025 with no profile picture?

[weary chasm]

Check out Offset Coffee Roasters!
https://yelp.to/aNrQtsKFmD

[winter solar]

Great question. Somewhere the employees are treated well and happy to be there

But I’m typically more of a pour over person in a coffee shop. Somewhere with rotating options and connection to the producers

[cedar otter]

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[tight gorge]

Yep, exactly!

[cedar otter]

Oooh Glitch is actually coming over to LA

[tight gorge]

Wynd though… smh

[cedar otter]

Lmao

Where they gonna all stand

It’s a tiny ass bar

Art-meets-coffee 🤔 what art

[tight gorge]

The melting cups are nice looking tbh

[weary chasm]

Ohh. I guess you don't get those. Lol

Maybe something like the boy and the bear

Or even more south

Like Play coffee.

Or that other place

There's one shop that other people talked about here.

I mean I guess it's far, but it's not downtown traffic

Others

Stereoscope coffee (multiple locations)
Bodhi leaf (multiple locations)

[weary chasm]

Check out Re Ca Phe!
https://yelp.to/yLk-Esydiq

Not sure if they have connections to producers

Bodhi leaf also sells greens, maybe that

Or intelligentsia

https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/costa-rica-coopedota?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Non-Subs%3A Costa Rica Coop 6.8.25 (01JX58TB2ZWWZ8AJT214X1X7GJ)&_kx=SsHuiPBdt01m21zdqACXs33DETh5ER63G40cv9rSchk.MuTeMP

Anyhow

Probably this one

[weary chasm]

This one

[crude citrus]

Does latte art count?

[cedar otter]

Bodhi leaf so bad

[weary chasm]

One of the requests was working with producers. Not sure if Bodhi works with producers or just greens resellers

I've not actually tried their beans before.

But if you go into home roasting they are a source.

Anyhow. More for vibes.

More like a traditional 2nd wave coffee shop

[boreal solar]

They work with producers and a lot of their sourcing isn’t bad initially. What makes them unreliable imo is that they’re not transparent about said inventory they obtain. They could be selling you two or three year old lots. The owner of Hacea was originally in charge of their sourcing but left them because he wanted more transparency in the product he was selling.

Anyway, as a coffee shop they’re pretty meh. They’re a little stuck in the past for my liking when it comes to roast profiles. They’re not as bad as some of the larger chains but it’s hard to find something unique there

If you’re looking for greens in the area as a small commercial or home roaster Hacea is worth a look btw https://haceacoffee.com/ I used to like the 20kg bag sweet spot for greens when roasting for ragdoll. They’re didn’t necessarily have a lot of the super popular boutique producers but they were good for solid common offerings and even the odd interesting fermented roast.

[weary chasm]

Oh. I'll keep them in mind. Def not going to roast for commercial. Too much labor

I've just given up and just roasting medium dark for espresso

Ez mode. Forgiving

[boreal solar]

Super nice people too. If you do local pickup they’ll often brew you a v60 and chat awhile 😂

Unless they just liked me. I don’t know

[weary chasm]

From Hacea?

Oh. In Anaheim

[boreal solar]

Yeah, they’re in the OC. Small wearhouse. Front room for pickup.

[mellow sonnet]

Bodhi is lighter side of 2nd wave almost like 3rd wave

They have private cuppings occasionally I hear although idk how to get to those

Going to miss the ondo one this week :(

[weary chasm]

Probably home roaster competition cuppings lol

[boreal solar]

Hacea does those. They generally include some local pros though too.

I don’t think they’re a bad thing tbh

[trail tiger]

Wynd seems to get crowded since they open only on weekends? With glitch it’s gonna be a crazy wait isn’t it

Also tried jyan Issac today, not bad bagels; also wanted to try Layla but line wrapped around the building

[weary chasm]

I guess the other question is where do you park for wynd

[trail tiger]

Pray

That area is horrendous for parking

I think the play would be park somewhat close and then Waymo/ uber

[glossy sail]

Must be nice to be Jack. Just close for a month on short notice and dgaf

[cedar otter]

Ondo has a bunch of metered/free parking and it's like 4 blocks from Wynd

just sayin

I actually emailed Glitch's owner just now

seeing if they wanna also do bar takeover since we're only a few blocks from Wynd

[cedar otter]

they also "seem" to get crowded bc the owner takes orders and pulls shots all by himself

so the line moves painfully slow

we have a separate person for the register, a separate person for shots, and a separate person for handing off

[trail tiger]

Free meter sundays are Ondo sundays for me

[trail tiger]

That’s so inefficient 😭 isn’t there another person from what I’ve seen in the photos? Are they just for show

[cedar otter]

They help put drinks together

Like pour milk

[eternal birch]

here again two days in a row because the sunglasses partner wanted are back in stock

aaaand its not here again fml

[cedar otter]

Did u get the maru cream top

[eternal birch]

no 😦

there are way too many korean popups on melrose rn

[weary chasm]

Finally trying this place out

It used to be a buffet.

Now it's kbbq. I guess a different kind of buffet

Check out 92Kbbq AYCE - Torrance!
https://yelp.to/8nPgvvpTE_

Pretty good pricing at $36/person dinner set

[compact hound]

Its fine for what it is

[eternal birch]

ok ngl the matcha is kinda fire

[compact hound]

I was also surprised by community goods

Actually good for what it is

[deep agate]

I'm gonna be in Upland from 1-4July, anything I need to try?

I know it's not quite LA, but I figured its worth an ask here

[eternal birch]

went with very low expectations since bieber also made stereoscope blow up

and I personally think stereoscope is mid

community goods I agree, really good for what it is

[surreal pivot]

What is it? 🤣

[compact hound]

Vibes

[surreal pivot]

Fair. I guess I’ll have to check it out after resisting the GF’s desires 😂

[weary chasm]

So do I. But it's good having options.

I try to "save" money by buying their beans and getting a drink sometimes.

[boreal solar]

Go to iron and kin in Claremont. Probably the closest.

Food wise, try Imari. Solid sushi. Was one of the top five picks for sushi in the USA in a few articles.

I used to live in Upland and can offer specific suggestions if you want. Currently in Rancho Cucamonga so not too far off.

[gleaming prairie]

anybody familiar with the LIttle Marionette in Palms?

https://thelittlemarionetteusa.com

I need to get some quick decaf, looks interesting

[tight gorge]

Try it and let us know!

[boreal solar]

How are y’all doing? I keep getting messages from friends on discord that think all of SoCal is a warzone right now. It seems pretty quiet out here.

[dull adder]

I'm quite south of LA, there's nothing going on here. I'd assume in the city there's a few pockets of that going on but probably largely nothing.

[compact hound]

Yeems serves their decaf

Its fine for decaf

[desert stirrup]

I'm in Oxnard for a travel trip so I'm not even in town

coffee is dog shit

but that isn't new nor on the news

[gleaming prairie]

fine doesn't sound worth the trip... just tracked my S&W order. Popayan arrival this afternoon. I'll just wait it out, lol

[eternal birch]

I live like 3 blocks from where the protests are happening

not much except fireworks and heli

[surreal pivot]

My GF lives right in the middle of Chinatown. What happened there Friday night was a bit overblown on the news in terms of things rising to the level of a “riot”. The protests are very isolated. Media portrayals have been irresponsible .

[eternal birch]

the freeways and right behind city hall are definitely kinda trashed, just a very small area though

[vivid violet]

i went down to Figueroa and Chesar E. Chavez on Sat (to get more Mrs Knafeh), and it was totally fine.

the food vendor (Mrs Knafeh) said there was tear gas and Nat'l Guard downtown near the garment/fashion district where ICE was raiding factories, but she was fine at the intersection i mentioned.

also saw that most ICE agents are staying at certain hotels in Pasadena (much closer to me), but i haven't seen any issues here either.

news coverage is definitely worrying family out-of-state, but i let them know it was fine.

[gleaming prairie]

i was around the west side, and into the south bay the weekend, both days. and there was no sign of any other activity.

But i wouldn't be mad if it was TBH.

[mellow sonnet]

It's been fine for me but also I haven't been outside since grocery shopping in the weekend

I got multiple messages from the hospital to plan our commutes accordingly for freeway closures yesterday though

[weary chasm]

Oh. This is probably why Google maps told me to avoid the 110

But I don't think I was impacted either

Yet

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I think 110 and 101 were locked down

[vivid violet]

notes from 3 diff friends:

1. Wow. Apparently the ICE situation hit really close to home. My son’s friend’s friend was crying. That girl told my son’s friend that her mom’s been missing for 3 days. Next day my son’s friend told his own mom who contacted the school. Through networking, they found out that the mom was detained by ICE. She doesn’t have a father so she was home alone for 4 days without anyone knowing. The mom was recently released after 3 weeks…. The fact that she was detailed but released probably means she’s a legal resident? Yet the poor 6th grade girl had to go through the ordeal. Stay safe out there.

2. Damn, I also have a friend who lives on the east coast, her husband was stopped outside the bar on Sat night, sent back to Brazil the next day... has 2 small kids, luckily the mother is still with them

3. I don't know about you all but my husband who is a naturalized citizen and has brown skin worries about letting our kids continue to ride their bikes to school alone for the last week of school after seeing ICE in a culver city neighborhood yesterday.

(i scanned these notes multiple times to ensure i'm not breaking any rules of this server. just trying to report what folks are experiencing, locally)

glad you all are safe.

[boreal solar]

My mother in law is also afraid to go to the grocery store without my wife or myself escorting her after seeing recent reports on the news. Whether justified or not, it’s how she’s been feeling. She’s a naturalized citizen who’s lived here for other thirty years but doesn’t have a strong grasp of the English language which quickly labels her as an immigrant to others.

[surreal pivot]

Completely justified 💛

[eternal birch]

anyone been to orsa + winston?

looking for somewhat last minute res for anniversary

wondering if its appropriate and if the food is good vs cost

[cedar otter]

Same lol

🫣

[eternal birch]

at least partner knows its last minute, our schedule changes like every 2 weeks so its hard to plan anything solid

[tight gorge]

none available this weekend but Wolvesmouth is a super fun communal fancy dinner that is BYOB. The food is bomb and the atmostphere is super unique. Highly recommend trying if yall havent. https://www.instagram.com/wolvesmouth

[boreal solar]

Ours is the 14th as well. June anniversary fun.

[eternal birch]

ours is the 15th

[cedar otter]

28th

[crude citrus]

You 3 can rotate planning every 3 years

[boreal solar]

I’m probably just doing doing sushi at Victoria gardens. 🤷‍♂️ don’t really have child care until 8pm as mother in law doesn’t want to put the kiddo down so we just have her stay downstairs while she sleeps.

Side night, last week of June/early July I have a coffee friend visiting. Going to try and schedule a crawl in there with him if any of you want to come along.

[drowsy knot]

I was shooting in Pasadena all day through twilight yesterday, knowing the internet had discovered ICE agents were staying at hotels in the area. I was super stressing the constant sounds of sirens and helicopters and couldn’t check on anything all day. The home owner returned before twilight to make sure all the landscape lights were on and turns out he was a known composer/pianist. We shared our stresses/concerns and then he sat at his grand piano and gave me an impromptu Chopin concert while I finished the shoot. It was amazing ❤️

[lunar fjord]

it's overpriced for what you get but trendy and fun

I had a good time but I didn't foot the bill

[tight gorge]

Osteria Mozza is timeless, great, and often does have late availability rezys

I also really enjoyed Majordomo

Both I would be perfectly happy for a ani dinner

[lunar fjord]

Majordomo I think is hard for 2 people

excellent in medium group (6-8) format

[vivid violet]

really nice to have that moment of peace during a stressful time.

that was so kind of him. 🎹

[eternal birch]

wondering if I should also hire a photographer for proposal

[civic crest]

We got the whole plate short rib for my birthday one year (party of 2)

but I agree

[lunar fjord]

lol rip

[surreal pivot]

Good to hear. Taking my parents and brother there next week!

Hopefully 4 is good too 😂

[lunar fjord]

nice

they have a lot of items that take prep in advance

so worth looking at it

and maybe calling ahead

what really frustrates me is that in all of the momofuku empire they don't have the duck breast bowl anymore

LA, NYC, Vegas

[drowsy knot]

as a professional photographer I say ABSOLUTELY! 😂

[crude citrus]

As someone married to one, nahhh. Jk, my wife just did one a couple weeks ago. They had video too 😳

[compact hound]

Can he pay her with his backlog

[boreal solar]

Star leaf in Pasadena worth a look?

[drowsy knot]

so happy i don’t photograph people for work - it’s not my jam

[crude citrus]

Have heard the decor is better than the food. Haven’t been but Id still be willing to try though

[boreal solar]

It does look pretty 😅

[crude citrus]

I don’t know how she does it. She has to talk to people

[knotty spire]

Was just there today, picked up a bag of Native bean, legit shop, friendly Baristas and owners

[unique tusk]

Same. I live by Boxx coffee and aside from some more helicopters and sirens, nothing out of the ordinary. Given the gravity of the situation across LA I would have expected far worse. I lived in downtown Portland during the protests there and it was the same narrative.

[eternal birch]

watching the news right now, looks like people are at little tokyo outskirts

[unique tusk]

Heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing. It’s shameful what’s happening in our neighborhoods.

[unique tusk]

I walked to the little Tokyo market for dinner groceries about 90 minutes ago but didn’t see anything (aside from about 8 LAPD getting lunch from the poke bowl spot)

[eternal birch]

its where Azay is

[unique tusk]

Ahh, makes sense. Will be curious how things evolve. Never boring living downtown

[cedar otter]

?

[weary chasm]

Seems like a cool idea to get extra revenue. But not sure if people would pay this amount. But seeing that they priced it this way, either they studied the market or they just picked a price they wanted to do it for

3 reviews though.

[unique tusk]

Sensual 😂

[boreal solar]

Meh, maybe I should just charge people to use the Yoshan in my garage.

“Roast your own coffee, a unique guided artisan experiences. Explore Nordic roasting styles and experience the beauty of fresh roasted coffee. Each session includes one sealed 200g bag while I sell the rest of your batch for profit”

[surreal pivot]

Thank you for the reminder because I had forgotten 🙏

[lunar fjord]

they used to have a lot of off menu stuff too

idk if that's still a thing

[crude citrus]

Does anyone know if Sherry’s popup is a 3 drink course or you can choose from one of the 3 drinks?

[mellow sonnet]

I assumed it was just diff drinks on the menu

But also I didn't look too closely bc I'm working at that time :(

[cedar otter]

She’s expecting 30 ppl

So yeah line up early

[compact hound]

No idea but might as well fire the whole menu

[desert stirrup]

you're going to Mrs Knafeh quite a bit there Rory...

[vivid violet]

had a college friend visiting from Texas, and they were eager to try, so i brought it to the BBQ 😊

everyone loved it.

[cedar otter]

it's a set of 3 drinks; $25 for the set. No a la carte

[gleaming prairie]

New bag. New spot to me, smells like coffee? Lol

Says Chemical free decaf, not totally sure what that means. Water only, but not the Swiss process?

[boreal solar]

Early tw shop. Didn’t know they were in SoCal. They had a cafe on market street in SF near my old office.

I’d equate them to places like intelligentsia quality wise. Or at least back then. They were one of the first places in SF to have nitro. They sold them in six oz plastic cups for like $12 😂

[gleaming prairie]

appreciate the history, that makes sense. i have low expectations

[cedar otter]

First one in line babyyyy

[crude citrus]

Surprise guest barista?

[cedar otter]

Surprise guest janitor

[mellow sonnet]

I went today at 1pm and there was no line

Am at work now thou

[glossy sail]

Dang I'm third in line

[young spindle]

sherry meet and greet

[compact hound]

Drinks were just okay but it was cute

[crude citrus]

I can officially say I enjoyed my first candlelit coffee experience

[glossy sail]

With me and @cedar otter 😂😂😂

[young spindle]

water

[compact hound]

@cedar otter “yeah my xbloom can do this”

[cedar otter]

My xBloom can’t add apax

[compact hound]

Deciding where to hop to now

I drove an hour

Gotta make the trip worth

[cedar otter]

Oooh

Woon?

[tight gorge]

this you?>

[compact hound]

Good eye

[tight gorge]

ngl I was gonna low key racist say it was you before I saw you went

[compact hound]

Thats an option rn haha we literally just mentioned that

[compact hound]

LMFAOOO

[young spindle]

gf soft launch

[young spindle]

bone kettle

[crude citrus]

Miya up Lake has plant based tuesdays

[civic crest]

@tight gorge saw your fam this morning!

[earnest robin]

Did you get stone fruits

I just came and the line is not so bad

[weary chasm]

i'm thinking of exploring bagels.

anyone has recommendations in the Los Angeles area, and/or even anywhere?

i heard Courage bagel was good. and then there are a lot of spots on the east coast.

might make my own bagel too, just to see the process

[civic crest]

I got 5 peaches from Andy’s lol and lb of each cherries. Picked up some apricots from tennereli

[earnest robin]

Yeah, no apricots from Andy's

[trail tiger]

Jyan Issac and Layla bagels are right next to each other in ocean park

[earnest robin]

Is tennereli good?

[weary chasm]

oo. looknig at layla. looks like a coffee shop aesthetics

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EWRzsvNgcYzvy83G9

[earnest robin]

The sample they gave me was amazing, but not all on sale were good

[civic crest]

I bought some they are solid usually the peaches are good just not Andy’s level

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4096083093970001/?mibextid=dXMIcH

I didn't even know propane machines existed

[tight gorge]

She told me haha. We came in too late for peaches :/ only got 3. Also got a bag of each cherries

[dull adder]

You weren't aware of gas powered machines in general, or specifically propane?
It's much more common in vintage machines, not super popular these days

[vivid violet]

wow, that's wild. kinda makes sense, though.. if it has fuel on board to heat the boiler, it will be portable..

[dull adder]

I think they were commonly plumbed in to the natural gas line in a building. I think high power runs weren't as common, it could be a lot for a restaurant to get a 40a 240V run in the 60s

But portability is a neat trick too

[boreal solar]

Most commercial machines don’t work on standard US outlets so alternative fuel makes sense in some ways.

[dull adder]

Oh yeah 3 phase too, good point

[civic crest]

They only let me buy 5

[cedar otter]

dude some people in South Korea just buy a 2 (or 3) group and just plug them straight into walls

with some modifications

[boreal solar]

Heh, most of the better shops I went to in Europe were Korean owned. I really need to go.

[cedar otter]

la EAF group tour in 2026

I might go again in November

around seoul cafe show time

hopefully I can run a couple of popups at some shops

make some money back lol

[boreal solar]

One of my oldest friends moved to Goyang six or seven years ago. Would be nice to see her as well.

[cedar otter]

yeah goyang is right next to seoul

[earnest robin]

At what time you were there? I came at 8:50 and it was sold out

Also, they said they only do preorders only for chefs. Might make a fake business card and website to preorder

I'm chef at my house

[civic crest]

yeah good luck with that lol you probably need to show them business license

they still let travis lett buy even though he wasn't operating a restaurant for several years

but he's back running one again

i got there around 8:05-8:10

early season is mostly cherries

if you get them to let you preorder i'd gladly order with you hah

[earnest robin]

How much is it

[civic crest]

i have no idea

[cold apex]

The media is spinning it dramatically ofc

I was at a protest and it was rowdy but absolutely not a warzone

Outlets are causing an outrage about it because its in their best interest to paint it as negative when really the amount of looted businesses and destroyed properties are probably in the tens and a very minority of the thousand-fold of people who are on the streets

The more they stir it to paint the protesters as "unruly" people the more the American public is incentivized to back the protests because the average American is a NIMBY that wants nothing ever to happen at all

You can tell it's overblown because when media covers the cars on fire and shit, its the same car posted over and over again on every outlet lmfao

[boreal solar]

I figured as much. My only real concern is that the overblown media coverage just enables swift overreaction. But I’ll leave it at that.

[tight gorge]

Did you get sour cherries? Sold out by the time we got there

[civic crest]

i don't think i saw them but didn't ask for any, wasn't looking to bake anything

[tight gorge]

I just raw dawg them

[civic crest]

the sour ones?

[tight gorge]

Yea

[civic crest]

dang hah

i'll try it sometime

[eternal birch]

yesterday night

[mellow sonnet]

U live in the curfew zone?

I heard ppl getting arrested for breaking curfew last night 💀

[eternal birch]

unfortunately yes

[wide mist]

Sorry late to this, but Courage and Mustard bagels are the best in LA imo. Laylas is good, I’d say a close 3rd. Courage (if you haven’t gone yet) just sucks for the line. When I go I always get there at 645am right before they open and am first or second in line so it’s quick.

To everyone else in LA, what is everyone’s go to espresso bean? I’ve been getting beans from Canyon and like them, but always looking ti branch out a bit

[weary chasm]

What if I go at 10 or 11 am on a Thursday

I was gonna joke and say Trader Joe breakfast blend. But it might be a bit too dark.

I still do like it.

Any random med dark bean should be similar for espresso beans. I guess

I like a blend of half washed half natural

So I guess sight glass espresso blend is nice.

https://sightglasscoffee.com/products/owls-howl?variant=16451284762739

[wide mist]

It’s hit or miss honestly. I’ve gone in the middle of the day and the line is an hour plus. Other times 15 minutes. For your first time though, it truly is worth the wait. Courage is one of the few places I’d wait in line for. Then I just go over to Dayglow if the line is too crazy and get coffee since I am “close.”

I am partial to Mustards Bagel since I live in Pasadena so it’s easier to get to.

Thanks for the recs!

[weary chasm]

Yeah. $9/340g is pretty good. Lol

Here's to me making my trader Joe breakfast blend as an espresso, using 30/70 water with a wafo 4steps

lets see.

blue bottle hayes valley is not bad. pretty traditional tasting shot

[cedar otter]

Ondo Choco for milk based drinks 😂

[weary chasm]

haha

i was gonna see what would work.

i roast too, but i'm inconsistent in roasting time. but i do sell sometimes for $15/340g. makes a lot more sense if no shipping involved.

just doing mediumdark and aiming for medium light (but i guess hit medium)

given up on light roasts.

lemme see, but maybe you can just pick up some random dark roast coffee from Mandarin coffee stand since you're in Pasadena

*this was back in march 22, so the roast date matches. lol.

[weary chasm]

is this your house espresso for your coffee drinks?

[tight gorge]

Mustard is a Courage dupe and its ass, its a skip.

Courage is the GOAT though. When I lived on the east side I would also go at 645am, even then I once got my bagel at 730am 💀

Yeatie Boys is a good dirty bagel, Laylas is good too but not Courage level

[weary chasm]

What is a dirty bagel

[tight gorge]

lol idk actually

a messy schmear, eggs, bacon, tomato etc

Belles is another one, and so is Pops Bagels.

[cedar otter]

Yeah

[surreal pivot]

+1 for Belle’s!

[wide mist]

belles is great for sandwiches it’s okay for just a bagel. Online ordering makes it easy though

[eternal birch]

i really like boichik! just personal pref things but its like a classic bagel I've come to expect

[wide mist]

All this bagel talk means I may have to go to Courage bright and early tomorrow morning its the only LA bagel I think I truly crave

[eternal birch]

whats the going rate for photographers 💀

I just do it as a hobby and I've never taken payment so I have no clue

[tight gorge]

this is also me but Saturday. Heirloom tomato bagel

I once met the guy that does all the Costco pizza dough while waiting in line before open. Cool dude, owns Lamonica's Pizza in Westwood

[eternal birch]

he supplies costco with all the pizza dough in LA region??

[tight gorge]

nationally! They make the dough somewhere in bakersfield I think.

He goes to every new costco opening, gets to meet Warrent Buffet

[eternal birch]

ohh wow, for a sec I thought he was making it out of his shop lol

thats super dope

[wide mist]

That’s why even with its problems I love LA. Randomly meeting people like that just happens

[tight gorge]

Yeah, brooklyn guy who has lived in LA for 30 years. Thicc NY accent

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-running-outside-window-squidward-neighbors-gif-10676078864014259683

Cant wait to move to the east side again...

[eternal birch]

of LA, where the good coffee is

[tight gorge]

wen next meetup though?

mid July mb?

[eternal birch]

o ya

I try hosting on rooftop, re-opening soon I think

[tight gorge]

July 12 sounds niccee, just sayin

oh wait, Sunday for Hanky

[eternal birch]

idk if it'll be done before Jul 12

[tight gorge]

so July 13th

[eternal birch]

no. new job

any weekend* is good

[crude citrus]

Wife does $400/hr for engagements

If it’s a surprise proposal, she also basically doubles as an event planner and therapist

[eternal birch]

is there a minimum hr?

[crude citrus]

Yea 1/hr. Here’s her profile if you want to check out her style https://www.instagram.com/akikoliuphotos?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

[eternal birch]

tyy

[compact hound]

I forget glitch is funk focused

Of course the best clean option is $28 for a cup

[cedar otter]

I have the same coffee in the freezer

Maybe I’ll sell for $19 a cup

@eternal birch had it

Ube? Or 💩

[lunar fjord]

what in the world are these prices

[crude citrus]

Whoever took that photo knew what they were doing

[civic crest]

@earnest robin @tight gorge see he still preorders

[earnest robin]

Jealy

[tight gorge]

I just had a sour cherry and I lied, I don’t raw dog that shit lol

[boreal solar]

That’s a pretty high markup for glitch tbh

I remember paying that price for similar lots for retail bags when I was in Tokyo

I get there’s imports but man

[vivid violet]

anyone had this ? looks good.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ygCmWMvnDY1qD7QZ8

[compact hound]

Saw a vid on this recently

I wanna try too

[vivid violet]

did you see this ? lol

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKXrdS_SPBD/?igsh=dzFpdm8zaHA0anBu

taannr

Alejandra’s quesadilla cart

@alejandrasquesadillas

1246 Echo Park Ave
Los Angeles, CA

They are like 7 bucks I think

Friday - Monday 9-5

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[compact hound]

Yee

[vivid violet]

I bookmarked it as soon as my friend Deeya sent me the vid

🐽

[civic crest]

Dang wish I knew about that when I went to little fish lol

[compact hound]

Little fish good or nah?

[civic crest]

You can skip. I thought it was just alright

[surreal pivot]

Damn, disappointed to hear that. It’s been sitting on my list for a while.

You got the fish sandwich?

[compact hound]

Ty for the heads up!

[civic crest]

Yeah fish sando, salad, and the potatoes

[vivid violet]

and looks like it's down the block from this Japanese Hokkaido Ice Cream place, which also looks good:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Jbi7r5D15vwetGQi9

[weary chasm]

oo.

i guess lotta places in echo park now.

i should probably check this place out now that i'm a coffee snob.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9XmN7Wed93DGAZzP6

it was one of the first coffee shop that opened up in the echo park gentrification

[tight gorge]

I just had my first diane salad, ama

[weary chasm]

whats a diane salad

[surreal pivot]

It’s whatever. Their sister shop dinosaur coffee sometimes has good specialty drinks

[eternal birch]

pp pop

[civic crest]

We went to the one that just opened on Sawtelle. The yuzu crystal black sesame topping was very good

[vivid violet]

ooh nice. looking fwd to trying.

I didn't realize there was one in little Osaka over there on Sawtelle

[compact hound]

I really enjoyed the mochi and brown sugar combo

Next time i’ll try the yuzu tho

[cedar otter]

Why

[tight gorge]

A salad from green street restaurant in Pasadena. An institution apparently, quite good

[eternal birch]

any hip new coffee shops in ktown?

[civic crest]

oh yeah the mochi is great too. i think we got that for the kids and i stole one

[weary chasm]

Is it not good?

[cedar otter]

Lol

[turbid herald]

Been meaning to try this place for a while now. Will have to soon!

[mellow sonnet]

I went to dinosaur as part of a coffee crawl w my friends like 2 years ago

I actually walked out bc nothing looked interesting

Albeit I was like 5-6 pourovers in at that point

[tight gorge]

My backlog post baby is depleting so fast I am now serving $5 cups of coffee to my in-laws each morning

Yeah grandma, how bout some el burro this morning lmaoo

[weary chasm]

"is this even coffee?"

[tight gorge]

They are coming from K cups so yeah

[weary chasm]

"so if i wanted to do this at home, what should i buy?"
"can i get your setup?"

anyhow, kcups but easier. lol... xbloom studio 😆

[tight gorge]

I think they are being kind but secretly miss their k cups

[weary chasm]

can always get them darkroasts

but thats adding more to the backlog

[tight gorge]

they are coming back in two weeks so I’m going to buy major funk so they can actually be impressed

Letty for sure

[civic crest]

i just make mine milk drinks

[weary chasm]

if i ever have inlaws

i just make them normal milk drinks.

grocery coffee dark roasts. lol.

[cedar otter]

20+ ppl lined up already

[compact hound]

Just made the call to the health inspector

[cedar otter]

I was gonna pop in and say hello to Glitch’s owner

But couldn’t even find parking

[compact hound]

Finding parking later about to put me on suicide watch

[compact hound]

Bro is in line frying his palette with cheetos before having his $15 PO

[wide mist]

I know this is stupid, but I miss when Mandarin (and now Wynd) were newer and my wife and I could go and there would be max 3-4 people in line. I’m happy for them obviously, but we just won’t go anymore due to the lines!

[cedar otter]

Lol come to Ondo we have max 3-4 ppl in line all the time

[wide mist]

It’s next on the our list!

We have, I think, rated 110+ coffee shops now in our coffee passport lol

The plan is to go to Ondo Monday morning after I get off work. Excited to try it!

[boreal solar]

You’ve been pretty busy on the odd Saturday I stopped in.

[left kite]

Very nice

[tight gorge]

What was your fav?

[left kite]

I’m leaning towards the Koji - it was super interesting with the aromatic bc its like a bourbon spicy smell and the aftertaste spice compliments it well

But I’m also a guy who likes very unique flavors so might not be everyone’s cup. Definitely the most interesting one to me

Aji is the most well balanced and I think might be a favorite of many

[tight gorge]

Did you take pics of the bar setup?

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1372223277207091/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Set of drippypots

Not bad tbh

[left kite]

Did not I forgot 😭

[compact hound]

I just dipped

The smell of the cafe was insane though

But meh not going to wait what looks to be at least an hour

[weary chasm]

no work today?

[compact hound]

Chillin

Back in line at wynd

[weary chasm]

What made you change your mind?

[compact hound]

Nothing else to do lmfao

[weary chasm]

Time is pretty precious.

Feels a lot more limited post college years 😦

[weary chasm]

Where did you park

[compact hound]

Scored parking in front of squirrel

Sqirl*

[tight gorge]

Real men wait in line at LaLaLand

[weary chasm]

White N gold?

Where's the black and blue

[compact hound]

Wait for me

30 mins and it literally hasnt moved

[tight gorge]

Are the good friend baristas mad dogging you?

[weary chasm]

The coffee shop across the street? Lol

[cedar otter]

I mean we’re right there

😂

I’ll brew you glitch

Why are they so expensive

[weary chasm]

Smash burgers

[boreal solar]

Burger looks pretty standard tbh. Not that it’s bad. Just not sure it’s worth more than a lot of the smash burger joints out here

[compact hound]

That looks so good rn

[surreal pivot]

How was it though?

Sidecar Apple fritter not as good as Randy’s ☹️

[compact hound]

Its what i expected

[weary chasm]

Oh. You got there.

[dull adder]

Kinda dark?
Or what was the expectation 😅

[cedar otter]

[dull adder]

Ayo

[cedar otter]

Time to do it again I guess

[boreal solar]

Nah, do an event highlighting a specific well known producer and roast it yourself.

Hmmm would be interesting if you did something like Diego from multiple roasters too 😂

[weary chasm]

Wouldn't your tongue get shot?

They're super processing tasting

[boreal solar]

That’s true.

Heh, generally carries to whatever I’m drinking next too

[weary chasm]

the time emirpical water brewed letty back to back to back

[tight gorge]

Intense bio

[weary chasm]

ethnographic research

[cedar otter]

“I’m a ‘coffee consultant’ with zero coffee experience” there I shortened it for you

He’s just a coffee shop go-er

Zero experience working in coffee

[tight gorge]

So Sloth

Wait nm sloth is purple now

[cedar otter]

No sloth has experience now

Worse than sloth

[tight gorge]

Yeah, so me then

Haha

[cedar otter]

His fav shop is substance

So…..

Is that actually you @tight gorge

[tight gorge]

I’ve never been to substance, prob would tho if I’m Paris

maybe he was hired for the gratitude pop up

[cedar otter]

He apparently consulted lynx

[compact hound]

Im too braindead for purp

[compact hound]

Fucking hate this guy

[tight gorge]

Ima follow him to see what’s up

might learn a thing or two

[dull adder]

https://www.instagram.com/badacoffee_torrance/

This place has a robot arm that can pull shots of espresso

[cedar otter]

Another korean coffee shop

[cedar otter]

I blocked him on ondo’s account

[tight gorge]

Random association that’s somehow clicked yesterday, Ondo in Spanish means deep

[trail tiger]

Is there a video on it that’s quite impressive if it can

[compact hound]

It’s well brewed funk

Nothing amazing

But was neat to see the owner himself brew everything

[trail tiger]

The wynd coffee philosophy

[tight gorge]

Err Jack sir

[compact hound]

Wynd using 078 as their PO grinder

But they used EG-1 for today

[cedar otter]

Anti Ondo philosophy I guess

[dull adder]

I saw it on Google Maps. Can't share it though without it linking to my account 🤔

[dull adder]

Is that Costco? Maybe I need a bottle

[trail tiger]

Just saw the video, that is quite impressive

[cedar otter]

Yeah costco in los feliz. Never seen so many hibikis

[eternal birch]

clark's montecito

[desert stirrup]

Does anybody have experience with the sworks basket vs the Weber basket? Is double the price for SWD really worth it?

Also @tight gorge and @slate crypt all this talk about good fruit is making me sooooooooooo envious

My work has been hardcore a bitch by making me travel often and at lengthy periods

So no good coffee and no good fruit

Sadtimes

[tight gorge]

you can order this, free shipping and 20% off with hellogoodeggs

https://www.goodeggs.com/masumoto?srsltid=AfmBOooecT2mwYak2_ATmPgRFqcIzBE3kxd9Tra4AGrXk2FWHgYIM1OZ

oh damn, summer25 gets you $30 off. So this box comes in at $25 shipped free. @civic crest @earnest robin @desert stirrup

the peaches (different variety) and nectarine I got were fire after letting them mature for 1-2 days.

nectarines low key tasted like mango

[boreal solar]

Usually more of a peach guy. That sounds interesting though.

I’m a little worried something like this will make me like my $1.99 a lb white peaches I got at Ralph’s this morning less though.

[compact hound]

What’d you think?

[tight gorge]

Until you eat a dank nectarine. Then you love both

[desert stirrup]

Ok the fruit question has been fulfilled! I will order and set up a shipping or pick up date for when I’m around. Thanks @tight gorge

[desert stirrup]

He’s right. Nectarines and apricots in season fucking slap

[desert stirrup]

Does anybody have experience with both? Two guys in the discord want to sell their SWD basket but it’s still 2x the price of Weber

I’m down if it’s worth the upgrade or difference but if the difference is minimal I’d rather buy two Weber baskets or just one and some coffee

Is there a basket chat?

[boreal solar]

Man, Dutch bros is starting to outnumber Starbucks in the IE.

[desert stirrup]

Oh shit there is!

I shall ask there

[boreal solar]

Was about to link you but I think you found it.

The Weber is lower build quality than SWD but does a decent job as a tldr. Extraction is also pretty high with a Pullman with a bottom paper if you’re on a budget though.

[desert stirrup]

It’s sad that coffee is now sugar + caffeine to the American public.

There is such beauty in coffee and tea. I wish more people saw that

[boreal solar]

To be fair to Dutch Bros I’ve never ordered a coffee from them to even know how bad it is

[desert stirrup]

What do you order when you go?

Or have you never been?

[boreal solar]

I don’t go 😂

[desert stirrup]

Phenomenal

Keep up the good work soldier

[boreal solar]

I just drive by like three during a five minute drive these days

[weary chasm]

https://www.youtube.com/live/Xk1Mma3ukiU

Lotta people

[mellow sonnet]

Ok that thumbnail is p good lmao

[boreal solar]

They’re spread out too. There’s one at the civic center in Rancho, one in Claremont, and one in Covina as well Riverside too

[drowsy knot]

repping LA in Chicago for my daughter’s graduation. A little side-eye from Cubs fans but solidarity with everyone on the L. Protestors out in force!

will see how they like me at the Cubs game tomorrow…

[civic crest]

Dang I missed the peaches but imma get the apricots since I can’t make it to Andy’s this coming week

[tight gorge]

Just get 9 of the 3 count peaches lol

[civic crest]

You have a membership?

[tight gorge]

no, first time using them though

[eternal birch]

i got hit with the service charge but still pretty cheap

[tight gorge]

Bru, if you pick the wide delivery window it’s free. 7-7pm or something like that

[eternal birch]

ohhh shoot

let me adjust order

shits crazy

havent really been out

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I was actually impressed w how many ppl protesting

Like number of people and it not being a full riot

There were some good signs too

[lapis yarrow]

Hey guys, top places to check out? I'm located in the south bay LA. I've tried sip and sonder and was a big fan of their latte

[tight gorge]

Recaphe

After that play coffee

After that, drive to LA LA 🤣

[eternal birch]

ondo 2 (in a month)

[dull adder]

I was here to ask if anyone else was at the game

[cedar otter]

Never

Jk

Pulled my first shot at ondo 2 yesterday

[eternal birch]

"grind finer"

[dull adder]

Legend has it, it's still pulling today

[boreal solar]

Grind finer

Exciting though. 😮

[drowsy knot]

haha nice!

[turbid herald]

Amongst the foodies here - any thought on best bang for your buck sushi experience that’s doable for under 100pp? Ideally less. I realize all the best spots are multi-hundred dollar omakase spots, but not trying to drop that kind of cash - but want to find a new spot or two that doesn’t break the bank.

[cedar otter]

Sugarfish

[weary chasm]

I'm not a foodie. But this was great value. Lol.

Check out Waka Sakura!
https://yelp.to/BiOghtwaJ0

Inside a Tokyo central

Probably closer to $50/pp maybe

A La carte

[eternal birch]

anyone know what happened to kantaro sushi? says its closed now 😦

[weary chasm]

Oh wow.

[mellow sonnet]

Oh no 1

[tight gorge]

My rec closed 😭

But sugarfish hard to beat for the price. Pasadena spot has vibes

Or if it’s just two people sit counter at sushi gen

Can sneak in a great meal right around 100pp

[desert stirrup]

If you just want sushi but not the restaurant experience Yama Sushi Marketplace slaps