Pre-roasted coffee beans are put into the drum of a roaster at Jones Coffee Roasters in Pasadena. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Chicago-based Intelligentsia’s first L.A. location at Sunset Junction was a coffee shop game-changer. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Go Get Em Tiger’s La Marzocco espresso machine. (Betty Hallock / Los Angeles Times)
Caffe Luxxe in Santa Monica roasts its own coffee at its South Bay roasting facility. (Ken Hiveley / Los Angeles Times)
Yeekai Lim prepares a cappuccino at Cognoscenti Coffee at Proof Bakery. (Mariah Tauger / For The Times )
Paper or Plastik is a Pico Boulevard coffee shop attached to a dance studio. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Seattle-based Caffe Vita opened its first L.A. coffee shop in February. (Betty Hallock / Los Angeles Times)
