Los Angeles coffee roasters worth ordering beans from
Eight LA coffee roasters, from US Barista Champions Go Get Em Tiger and Be Bright to Cognoscenti and Maru, with their cafés and where to buy beans.
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Los Angeles is full of specialty coffee roasters, and most of the good ones ship beans to your door. These eight are worth knowing. Go Get Em Tiger and Be Bright are both run by US Barista Champions. Cognoscenti started as LA’s first pop-up specialty coffee bar. Maru, Canyon, Alana’s and Trinity are smaller roasters with their own followings, and Verve is a Santa Cruz roaster with four cafés around LA. Each section below covers where the roaster roasts, where its cafés are and how to order its beans.
I’ve been to Los Angeles and drunk coffee from Go Get Em Tiger, Be Bright, Cognoscenti and Trinity there. Maru, Canyon, Alana’s and Verve are researched, not tested. Roaster facts, addresses and hours come from each roaster’s own website, checked in October 2026.
Updated October 2026: rewritten as a guide to buying beans from LA roasters. We added Verve, Maru, Canyon and Alana’s, corrected Cognoscenti’s addresses and what Be Bright and Trinity do, and removed an unsourced history of LA coffee.
- Go Get Em Tiger: eight cafés, two US Barista Champion co-founders, and a new program roasting some coffees in the countries where they’re grown.
- Be Bright: from a Smorgasburg pop-up to a café on Melrose; Frank La won the 2024 US Barista Championship.
- Cognoscenti: roasts at its downtown café and ships whole beans anywhere in the US.
- Maru, Canyon, Alana’s and Trinity: smaller LA roasters, from Canyon’s certified organic coffees to Trinity, a family-run roaster from the Harbor Area.
- Verve: based in Santa Cruz, with four cafés in the LA area and free US shipping over $35.
The eight roasters at a glance
| Roaster | Roasts in | Cafés | Known for | My notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Get Em Tiger | Los Angeles, plus some coffees roasted at origin | 8 in LA | Champion-barista founders, subscriptions | Drank in LA |
| Be Bright | Los Angeles, every Tuesday | Melrose | 2024 US Barista Champion | Drank in LA |
| Cognoscenti | Downtown LA | Fashion District, Culver City | Single-origin microlots | Drank in LA |
| Maru | Glassell Park, LA | Los Feliz, Arts District, Beverly Hills | Minimal, analog-inspired cafés | Researched |
| Canyon | Los Angeles | Echo Park | Certified organic and regenerative coffees | Researched |
| Alana’s | Not stated | Mar Vista, West Hollywood, Venice | Three West Side cafés | Researched |
| Trinity | South Central LA | Pop-up, Harbor Area | Family-run, cold brew | Drank in LA |
| Verve | Santa Cruz-based | 4 in the LA area | Farmlevel single origins | Researched |
Go Get Em Tiger
The first Go Get Em Tiger opened on Larchmont Boulevard in 2013, and there are now eight across the city, according to Go Get Em Tiger. Both co-founders have won the US Barista Championship: Kyle Glanville in 2008 and Charles Babinski in 2015, the year Babinski also finished second at the World Barista Championship.
The newest idea is called Roasted at Origin. Instead of shipping green coffee to LA and roasting it months later, Go Get Em Tiger is having select coffees roasted in the countries where they’re grown, to profiles it develops with the producers. Its goal is to roast 20% of its coffee at origin by the end of 2026 and 70% by the end of 2027, while it keeps roasting in Los Angeles. Look for the red Roasted at Origin sticker on the bag.
When I visited, the baristas were well trained and easy to talk to, and the espresso was excellent.
- Roasts in: Los Angeles, with some coffees roasted at origin
- Cafés: eight in Los Angeles; the first is on Larchmont Boulevard
- Buy beans: gget.com, one-off bags or a subscription
Be Bright Coffee
Frank and Michelle La launched Be Bright in 2020 to make locally roasted coffee easy to get. Before the café, they ran a pop-up at Smorgasburg LA every Sunday for three and a half years, and they opened their first café on Melrose in 2022, according to Be Bright. They started competing in 2021: Be Bright placed third at the 2022 US Roaster Championship, and Frank won the US Barista Championship in 2024. They roast every Tuesday in Los Angeles.
- Roasts in: Los Angeles, every Tuesday
- Café: 7311 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles; 8:00 to 16:00 (as of October 2026, per Be Bright)
- Buy beans: bebrightcoffee.com, one-off bags or a subscription
Cognoscenti Coffee
Cognoscenti began as LA’s first pop-up specialty coffee bar. It now has two cafés, one in the downtown Fashion District at City Market South and one in the Culver City Arts District, and it roasts at the downtown location, according to Cognoscenti. It roasts single-origin microlots and small-batch blends, and ships whole beans anywhere in the US. Online orders can also be picked up at the downtown roastery.
What stayed with me from Cognoscenti is how precise the espresso was, and how many single origins were on offer.
- Roasts in: downtown Los Angeles
- Cafés: 1118 San Julian St (City Market South), Los Angeles; 6114 Washington Blvd, Culver City
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 7:00 to 16:00, Sunday 8:00 to 16:00 (as of October 2026, per Cognoscenti)
- Buy beans: cogcoffee.com; ships within the US only
Maru Coffee
Maru roasts all of its coffee at its own roastery in Glassell Park, in northeast Los Angeles, according to Maru. It describes its style as inspired by “all things analog” and by the simplicity of good coffee. It runs cafés in Los Feliz and the Arts District, an espresso bar in Beverly Hills, and a café in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
- Roasts in: Glassell Park, Los Angeles
- Cafés: Los Feliz, Arts District, Beverly Hills (espresso bar); also Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Buy beans: marucoffee.com
Canyon Coffee
Ally Walsh and Casey Wojtalewicz founded Canyon in 2016. It started with neighborhood pop-ups, and it specializes in certified organic and regenerative coffees that it roasts by hand in Los Angeles, according to Canyon. Its LA café is in Echo Park, and it has a second in Brooklyn.
- Roasts in: Los Angeles
- Cafés: 1559 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles; 601 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn (per Canyon)
- Buy beans: canyoncoffee.co
Alana’s Coffee Roasters
Alana’s Coffee Roasters runs three cafés on LA’s West Side: Mar Vista, West Hollywood and Venice, according to Alana’s. The Mar Vista café opens earliest, at 6:30.
- Cafés: 12511 Venice Blvd, Mar Vista (daily 6:30 to 17:00); 634 N Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood (daily 7:00 to 15:00); 2524 Pacific Ave, Venice (daily 7:00 to 15:00), as of October 2026
- Buy beans: Alana’s online shop
Trinity Coffee Roasters
Trinity is a small family business from the Harbor Area, the neighborhoods around the Port of Los Angeles. It started on Easter weekend in 2018, when the family opened their garage at 21st and Alma to pour free pour-over coffee for neighbors, according to Trinity. It describes its coffee as Chicano-inspired, roasts in South Central LA and supports youth programs and community causes.
Trinity sells beans, subscriptions and a range of cold brews online, and runs cupping and home-brewing classes. It doesn’t list a permanent café, so check its site for the next pop-up.
- Roasts in: South Central Los Angeles
- Café: no permanent café; pop-ups in the Harbor Area
- Buy beans: trinitycbc.com, beans, subscriptions and cold brew
Verve Coffee Roasters
Verve isn’t an LA roaster: it’s based in Santa Cruz, about 560 km (350 miles) up the coast. It’s on this list because it has four cafés in the Los Angeles area, in the Arts District, on Melrose Avenue, on West 3rd Street and in Manhattan Beach, according to Verve. Its Farmlevel Reserve line is single-origin coffee from named farms, and US orders over $35 ship free.
- Based in: Santa Cruz, California
- LA-area cafés: 500 Mateo St (Arts District); 8925 Melrose Ave; 8051 W 3rd St; 451 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach
- Buy beans: vervecoffee.com
LA coffee roasters FAQ
Most of them. Cognoscenti ships whole beans anywhere in the US, Verve ships free on US orders over $35, and Go Get Em Tiger, Be Bright and Trinity all sell subscriptions. Check each roaster’s site for international shipping.
Go Get Em Tiger, whose co-founders Kyle Glanville and Charles Babinski won in 2008 and 2015, and Be Bright, whose co-founder Frank La won the US Barista Championship in 2024.
In Los Angeles, and increasingly at origin: it aims to roast 20% of its coffee in the countries where it’s grown by the end of 2026, and 70% by the end of 2027.
At 1118 San Julian Street in the downtown Fashion District, where it also roasts, and at 6114 Washington Boulevard in Culver City.
No. Verve is based in Santa Cruz, but it has four cafés in the Los Angeles area, including the Arts District and Melrose Avenue.
Sources
- Go Get Em Tiger (history, awards, Roasted at Origin)
- Be Bright Coffee: About us
- Cognoscenti Coffee: FAQ (cafés, roastery, hours, shipping)
- Maru Coffee: About
- Canyon Coffee: About and Our cafés
- Alana’s Coffee Roasters: Contact (cafés and hours)
- Trinity Coffee Roasters: Story
- Verve Coffee Roasters: Locations
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