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The Boy & The Bear (Pasadena)

The Boy & The Bear – Coffee Roastery was established by founder Andres Piñeros in 2012 as a pop-up shop in Villavicencio – Colombia with the goal of exclusively serving Colombian coffees. This newer location of them, located in Pasadena called “THE GREEN STORE”. As always their crafted coffee is so good with hot or […]

Bump Coffee

Based in Encinitas, California, focusing on organic, shade-grown coffee. They hand select the highest quality coffee beans from diverse geographical regions in South America. Very open bright airy space near the ocean, their empanadas are also very popular snack along with great coffee & drinks!

Espresso Profeta

Cozy brick-walled coffeehouse near UCLA boasting a leafy patio, free WiFi & light fare. This coffee shop is definitely loved by locals & UCLA students. I had their limited unique drink called “Cardi-P” which is Cardamon & Pistachio Latte!

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Counter Culture Coffee Training Facility

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster based in Durham, North Carolina, that focuses on ethically and sustainably sourced coffee. The company was founded in 1995 and has since grown to become one of the leading specialty coffee companies in the United States. Counter Culture Coffee has training centers in cities across the U.S. […]

San Francisco Bay Area Trip & Coffee Shops

I visited SF Bay Are back in May for my friend’s wedding. In fact, I lived in SF for 5 years before moving to Los Angeles, so it’s kind of reunion and revisiting my memory lane in there. Since Bay Area has such a huge coffee scene like since the third wave coffee took all […]

Tokyo Cafe Culture – March 2021 Edition

If you follow my instagram, you may know that I went back to Tokyo in March this year. It was still under the unusual situation because of Covid19 spreading. There were definitely restrictions and challenges to get around, explore the great coffee shops in Tokyo as many as I wanted. I needed to quarantine for […]